Economy

  Believe it or not, the House Budget Committee is getting things done By Kevin Kosar Sept. 20, 2024 AS SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The average person… Read more »

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered opening remarks at the hearing “The Cost of the Biden-Harris Energy Crisis.”   … Read more »

Welfare Is What’s Eating the Budget Means-tested programs, not Medicare and Social Security, are behind today’s massive debt. … Read more »

It's been two miserable years since the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act. And it's worse than you think The second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act reveals an obvious truth about politicians. … Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its first estimate for economic growth in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024. The report found that real U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by just 2.8 percent. Unfortunately, the damage of the Biden-Harris economic agenda has already been done. Prices have risen nearly 20 percent since… Read more »

  Biden's Cruel Economy Op-Ed by Rep. Jodey Arrington July 10, 2024 6:30 am Economist Milton Friedman defined inflation as… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the burden high taxes place on the American people. … Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led his Way and Means Committee colleagues in demanding greater transparency regarding the Biden administration’s new tariffs on China, their effectiveness, and potential retaliatory tariffs on American agriculture products.  “For approximately half of the product categories receiving increased duties, China’s share of… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced H.R. 8372, the Debt Per Taxpayer Information Act, legislation that would inform and educate the American people on the nation’s fiscal trajectory and what it means for them and their families. The legislation would provide each American filing a tax return with information on their… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) cosponsored a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule on light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards. This rule would limit consumer choice, require 67% of new light-duty sales to be electric by 2032, and put the American car industry at the… Read more »