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Arrington Passes One Big Beautiful Bill, Secures Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda

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After four years of incompetence, lawlessness, chaos, and overreach, a new day has dawned in this great country and hope is on the horizon with the One Big Beautiful Bill.

In the November 2024 election, the American people made their voices unmistakably clear: they want a strong country, competent leaders, common sense policies, and a commitment to putting America first.

H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – legislation authored by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) – is the most comprehensive and consequential set of conservative reforms in modern history. The bill delivers the greatest single investment in border security and national defense; the largest tax cuts for families and small businesses; the most significant commitment to unlocking America’s energy resources; and the largest reduction in spending in the history of the United States – by two-fold.

 

Learn more about Chairman Arrington’s leadership and the tremendous victories secured in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

President Trump Praises Arrington’s Leadership at Signing Ceremony:

 

Speaker Johnson Hails Arrington as “lead budget hawk in the House” and “one of the most effective and consequential Members of Congress”:

 
“Chairman Arrington played a central role
in getting the One Big Beautiful Bill across
the finish line. As Budget Chairman, he’s the
lead budget hawk in the House, but he also
understands the art of the possible. He brought
real urgency to the conversation about getting
our fiscal house in order, and the balanced budge
t he crafted early on laid the groundwork for many
of the reforms in this historic bill. His support in
committee on the budget resolution through final
passage was critical, and he helped bring it home.
As Jodey often reminds us, reversing the curse of
runaway spending is a critical mission and there’s
always more work to be done. Thanks to his leadership,
we took a real step forward in bending the cost curve.
This was a big win for our country and we got it done
together. I’m thankful to count Jodey as one of my
closest friends, and one of the most effective and
consequential Members of Congress.”
 – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
 

The Most Conservative Reforms in Modern History:

 
  • Tax Cuts
    • The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers historic tax relief for the American people:
      • Delivers on President Trump’s promises for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, additional tax relief for seniors, and no tax on car load interest;
      • Permanently extends the double standard deduction and provides an additional $1,500 increase for families beginning in 2025;
      • Permanently extends the doubled Child Tax Credit and provides an additional $400 for a family of four beginning in 2025;
      • Permanently extends the 20-percent Small Business Deduction for family-owned farms and 30 million small businesses; and
      • Makes permanent the three major Tax Cuts and Jobs Act business provisions: 100-percent immediate expensing, R&D expensing, and the more favorable deduction for interest.
  • Spending Reform
    • The One Big Beautiful Bill achieved the largest spending cuts in the history of the United States - by two-fold:
      • Strengthens Medicaid for the most vulnerable Americans by prohibiting non-expansion states from increasing current provider taxes or increasing the base tax to cover new services. It also caps the state directed payment amount for states that have expanded Medicaid at 100 percent of the Medicare payment rate, and requires states to establish community engagement (work) requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents under age 14 - individuals must work, complete community service, participate in a work program, enroll in an educational program, or complete a combination of these activities for at least 80 hours per month.
      • Restores accountability and prioritizes the dignity of work in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), saving taxpayers nearly $130 billion by reinforcing work, rooting out waste, and instituting long-overdue accountability incentives to control costs and end executive and state overreach.
  • Agriculture
    • American farmers and ranchers have faced years of hardship spurred on by record inclement weather, low commodity prices, and input costs that skyrocketed during the Biden Administration. The Farm Bill had not been updated since it last passed Congress in 2018, and the refusal by Senate Democrats to update the Farm Bill in 2023 and 2024 left farmers with an outdated farm safety net while SNAP investments skyrocketed.
      • The One Big Beautiful Bill secures a $66 billion investment in Agriculture, with $59 billion allocated to the farm safety net. Specific reforms include:
        • Investment in Title I reference prices;
        • Boosts crop insurance;
        • Cracks down on state abuses of SNAP;
        • Increases work requirements for able-bodied adults; and
        • Promotes agricultural trade.
  • Energy
    • President Trump and Congressional Republicans ran on restoring American energy dominance, after the Biden Administration’s all-out assault on oil and gas production left the U.S. with higher gas and energy prices.
      • The One Big Beautiful Bill delivered on rolling back stringent regulations on the oil and gas sector, reducing tax burdens on the sector, streamlining permits, and ending the special treatment that the IRA gave to solar and wind producers, specifically:
        • Eliminates major Green New Deal provisions;
        • Repeals methane fee on oil and gas producers for 10 years;
        • Permitting reform;
        • Unlocks millions of acres of federal lands for energy production;
        • Increasing oil and gas lease sales;
        • Intangible drilling cost tax relief; and
        • Immediate expensing for R&D and permanent deduction of interest expenses.
  • Border/Immigration
    • President Biden’s wide-open southern border resulted in over 8 million illegal border crossings, of which roughly 6.7 million have occurred in Texas, costing the state government billions.
      • The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers major investments in border security, including:
        • $46.55 billion to finish construction of the southern border wall;
        • $4.1 billion for the hiring and training of 3,000 new border patrol agents, 5,000 new Office of Field Operations customs officers, and other urgently needed personnel;
        • $29.85 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for activities including the hiring and training of new removal officers, transportation costs related to alien removals, and detention facility upgrades; and
        • $13.5 billion to reimburse Texas and other border states that bore the brunt of Biden’s open border disaster.
  • National Defense
    • In order to confront the challenges of the 21st century, the United States must have the most lethal, capable, and well-equipped military in the world.
      • The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers major wins for our servicemembers, including:
        • $8 billion towards improving quality of life for military personnel;
        • $29.17 billion towards accelerating America’s shipbuilding capacity to modernize our naval forces;
        • $8.6 billion to improve American air capabilities;
        • $15.8 billion to modernize and advance our nuclear deterrent – included in this total is $4.5 billion to accelerate the production of B-21 bombers to be based at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas; and
        • $15.69 billion to restock U.S. munitions and expand our ability to produce munitions independent of other countries.

Also included in the One Big Beautiful Bill were tremendous conservative victories, such as defunding Planned Parenthood, safeguarding our 2nd Amendment Constitutional Rights, and codifying 28 of President Trump’s Executive Orders.

Exclusive Articles with Chairman Arrington:

 
 
 

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West Texas Statements of Support:

“The federal government’s finally doing what its first responsibility is,” said Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows. Defend our country, defend our sovereignty, which allowed us to actually spend less of your tax dollars and return more of it to you in this current budget cycle.”

“I’ve never seen a more unified leadership in West Texas and the leadership of West Texas is bubbling up right now and leading the state and the nation,” said State Representative Carl Tepper.

“Everything that’s in this great Big Beautiful Bill that’s built towards prosperity and growth across the country and our communities and neighborhoods, we can’t have if we’re not safe and we’re not secure,”said Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe.

“All the work that’s been done for farmers over the past three months has been monumental and gives our country a fighting chance of what has been some of the most financially challenging times of our generation,” said Plains Cotton Growers Vice President Brent Coker.

“It permanently extends a 20% small business reduction for family-owned farms and $30 million in small businesses,” said Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Chair Robert Wood. “Also, 100% immediate expensing, which is huge.”

“Tax cuts and national defense are important, but nothing is more important than protecting life itself – and this Big Beautiful Bill does that,” said Susie Stell, Project Destiny.

“The Second Amendment provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill are the most significant reforms to protect our constitutional rights in 100 years,” said Steve Burns, Owner of LSG Tactical Arms.

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