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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’s Groundbreaking Cancer Detection Bill Gains Support from Republicans, Democrats, and Dallas Cowboys

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Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) re-introduced the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R.842), legislation to allow for multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests to be covered by Medicare in a timely manner upon approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The legislation enjoys broad…

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Act to require federal land management agencies to conduct an economic valuation of resources in areas that have been withdrawn or protected from exploration and production under the former Biden Administration, equipping President Trump with the tools to return to American energy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.