President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’ ”
When I learned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was proposing an unprecedented 1,000% expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in West Texas and eastern New Mexico, from 6,400 acres to 700,000 acres, alarm bells went off for several reasons. Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jodey Arrington (R, TX-19) and his fellow co-chairs of the House Energy Export Caucus led a bipartisan group of over 50 Members of Congress in demanding the Biden-Harris administration authorize liquified natural gas (LNG) export permits after a federal judge blocked the administration’s ban on new permits.
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Washington, D.C. – Recently, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) sat down with KAMC News to discuss the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s proposed expansion of the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after a federal judge blocked President Biden’s ban on new liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals:
“As part of President Biden’s all-out assault on American oil and gas, he slapped a ban on American new LNG export permits – undercutting our energy independence and our… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) expressed his concerns to the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding its efforts to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge with the acquisition of private land through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, and North American Wetlands… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed expansion of the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge from 6,400 acres to 700,000 acres through land purchases with willing sellers and voluntary conservation easements:
“I have two major concerns about a ‘voluntary’ public land expansion by the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led over a dozen Members of Congress in pushing back against the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule entitled “Clean Power Plan 2.0”, which would issue new regulatory requirements for existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants.
The members wrote in part,“This new… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rule, which would add six additional species of freshwater mussels – the Guadalupe fatmucket, Texas fatmucket, Guadalupe orb, Texas pimpleback, Balcones spike, and false spike - found in Texas to the… Read more »
