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Arrington Leads Effort to Support Trump’s Energy Agenda

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House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) has introduced the Abundant American Resources Act to require federal land management agencies to conduct an economic valuation of resources in areas that have been withdrawn or protected from exploration and production under the former Biden Administration, equipping President Trump with the tools to return to American energy dominance.

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…

Arrington Fights to Cut ‘Death Tax’

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced the Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act. This bipartisan legislation would cut the estate tax in half and provide tax relief to family-owned businesses. Currently, the estate tax – commonly known as the “Death Tax” is the highest tax rate in the U.S. Tax Code at 40%. “The Death Tax is an unfair double…

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…

Arrington Introduces ALIGN Act

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led several lawmakers in introducing H.R.574, the Accelerate Long-Term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act, legislation to make permanent one of the most pro-growth policies in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: full and immediate expensing.  “There’s no bigger incentive in the tax code for…

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…