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Arrington Hosts Press Conference Highlighting Amicus Brief Supporting Texas' Right of Self-Defense

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2.15.24 press conference

Washington, D.C. – This week, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and his colleagues held a press conference highlighting Arrington’s amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law in December. S.B. 4 makes illegal…

Arrington Leads Amicus Brief in Support of S.B. 4 in United States v. Texas

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) filed an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in United States v. Texas. The brief, joined by 45 members of Congress – including the entire Republican Texas Delegation - argues in favor of Texas’s Senate Bill 4, which was passed by the Texas legislature and signed into law by Governor Abbott in December. S.B.…

Arrington Delivers Floor Speech on Biden Admin Weaponizing Endangered Species to Keep Border Open

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) took to the floor to speak in support of his proposed amendment to the Department of Interior Appropriations Act calling to defund President Biden's recently proposed rule which would list two Rio Grande Mussels as endangered and their habitats as critical. The Biden Administration’s…

Chairman Arrington Leads Letter to Biden Administration Criticizing the Listing of Rio Grande Mussels as an Endangered Species

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, M.D. (TN-07), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), and Border Security Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) and Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) led a letter to President Biden and Secretary of the Department of the Interior Haaland…

Fox News: Texas Rep. Arrington says Biden ‘surrendered control’ of southern border: ‘It is an invasion’

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Texas Rep. Jodey Arrington is backing moves by officials in his state to take matters relating to the migrant crisis into their own hands, claiming President Biden "surrendered control" of the border and describing the situation as an invasion. "They are absolutely doing the right thing, and I commend the governor for following suit," the Republican congressman told Fox News Digital in…

Rep. Arrington Responds to the Biden Administration's False Slander of Customs and Border Patrol Agents

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WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19) today issued a statement following the announcement of Customs and Border Protection finding no evidence of the Biden Administration’s false claims of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian migrants at the southern border.   “Shame on the Biden Administration for falsely accusing these border agents…

Rep. Arrington Releases Statement Following Gov. Abbott’s Border Security Executive Order, Appears on Fox News

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued a statement and appeared on Fox News following the announcement of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order authorizing the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas National Guard to apprehend and return illegal immigrants to the Southern border. “President Biden has refused to enforce our immigration…

Arrington to Fox News: “Biden 'derelict in his duty,' Texas has right to declare 'invasion' at border”

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Arrington to Fox News: “Biden 'derelict in his duty,' Texas has right to declare 'invasion' at border” WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Fox News “America Reports” with guest host Bill Hemmer to discuss Biden’s self-inflicted disaster at the southern border and states’ sovereign right to defend their citizens from an “invasion” by drug cartels. “The…