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The Trump-endorsed blueprint to make America great again

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The House Budget Committee has taken a decisive first step in advancing President Donald Trump's “America First” agenda. By pursuing the 2025 budget resolution, we have launched one of the most conservative pieces of legislation in modern history and possibly the last chance to fix the broken transfer payment programs, root out the massive waste and fraud in the federal government, and right the fiscal ship before it hits the sand.

Arrington Celebrates House Passage of His America First Budget Resolution

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated House passage of H.Con.Res.14, his budget resolution that serves as the critical first step in the reconciliation process for Republicans to deliver on President Trump’s transformative America First agenda. Immediately following votes, Chairman Arrington released the following video: …

President Trump Endorses Arrington’s Budget Resolution

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Washington, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump publicly endorsed House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. The resolution serves as the critical first step in the reconciliation process for Republicans to deliver on President Trump’s transformative America First agenda. The resolution was passed out of committee last week with…

Arrington Fights to Defend Our Communities from Fentanyl

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) voted in favor of H.R.27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act, legislation to permanently place fentanyl on Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).  “The Biden administration’s surrender of our southern border to narco-terrorists drug cartels fueled the invasion of…

Arrington, Cruz File Amicus Brief Defending West Texas Against Federal Bureaucrats

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed an amicus brief supporting the State of Texas in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases of NRC v. Texas and ISP v. Texas. The cases before the Court involve the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) authority to license a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in…

FIRST ON FOX: Arrington, Cruz spearhead effort to derail nuclear waste dumping in oil-rich area of Texas

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The Supreme Court in October agreed to take up the case after the Biden administration appealed a Fifth Circuit decision holding that the NRC lacked authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities. The license, which was granted to the Biden administration and a company to build a waste storage facility in western Texas, was challenged by Texas and New Mexico.

Arrington Reinforces Trump, Leads Effort Against World Health Organization

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led his colleagues in introducing the WHO is Accountable Act, following President Trump’s executive order removing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This legislation would prevent future Presidents from rejoining the WHO without any conditions of improvement. “President Trump was…

Laken Riley Act Heads to President’s Desk

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act (S.5), officially sending the legislation to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.  “The Laken Riley Act is officially heading to President Trump’s desk to become the law of the land,” said House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington…

Arrington, Cruz Fight to Reverse Biden’s Offshore Drilling Ban

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation to reverse President Biden’s ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. “In the final hours of his presidency, President Biden finished off four years of self-inflicted disasters by continuing his all out assault on domestic energy…