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REP. JODEY ARRINGTON: Women’s Sports Are One Election Away From Extinction

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT

REP. JODEY ARRINGTON: Women’s Sports Are One Election Away From Extinction

By Rep. Jodey Arrington
October 1, 2026
AS SEEN IN THE DAILY CALLER

Under President Trump’s leadership, Title IX protects women and girls from discrimination based on biological sex.

As obvious as that may sound, it represents a complete reversal of the Biden administration’s radical weaponization of federal education funding to force schools to ignore biological reality. That agenda began on President Biden’s first day in office, when he directed federal agencies to treat gender identity the same as sex. His administration then used that interpretation to attack the fairness of women’s sports, undermine the privacy of women’s locker rooms, and steal hard-earned opportunities from female athletes.

This should not be a political issue. But the Democrat Party has normalized an ideology so radical that basic biological reality is now treated as controversial.

President Trump has since restored the biological-sex standard at the federal level, while the Supreme Court has affirmed that states may keep men out of women’s sports. Together, those actions represent major progress in restoring common sense and common decency, but the fight isn’t over.

The Court’s decision rightfully recognized a seminal law of nature: Men and women are biologically different, and those differences matter in athletic competition. Yet its ruling only confirmed that states may enact laws protecting women’s sports. It did not establish a nationwide prohibition on men competing against women.

That means girls in states that bar males from women’s sports can compete on a level playing field, while female athletes elsewhere will still be forced to compete against them.

A girl’s safety, privacy, and athletic opportunities should not depend on her ZIP code or which political party is in power.

Fifty-four years ago, Congress passed Title IX to prohibit sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funding. In the decades that followed, generations of women and girls gained opportunities to learn, compete, and succeed.

In 1972, no one thought it necessary to explain that “sex” referred to whether someone was biologically male or female. Everyone understood what those words meant, so Congress never expressly defined “sex” in the law.

Nevertheless, here we are.

Justice Neil Gorsuch highlighted the problem in the Supreme Court’s recent decision. Because Title IX imposes conditions on federal education funding, schools must be clearly informed of what the law requires. Congress never defined “sex” in the statute, leaving room for future administrations to impose their own meaning.

That ambiguity gave the Biden administration an opening to substitute its radical ideology. Unless Congress closes that loophole, future Democrat administrations will exploit it again.

The question is straightforward: Should protections for our daughters change every time a new administration takes control of the White House?

The answer must be no.

That’s why Congress must pass my Title IX Clarification Act.

The bill defines “sex” under Title IX as biologically male or female. It gives schools, states, parents, and students a clear federal standard and prevents future administrations from reinterpreting the law around gender identity.

Put plainly, the Title IX Clarification Act makes biological sex the nationwide standard for schools receiving federal money. In fact, schools that deny women equal opportunities by ignoring this standard could lose federal funding.

We should be grateful for President Trump’s bold leadership in reversing the Biden administration’s harmful policies and standing up for female athletes. But executive orders are temporary. Any future Democrat president will easily revoke those protections with the stroke of a pen unless Congress acts.

Nearly 80 percent of Americans oppose males competing in women’s sports. Congress has a responsibility to our daughters to turn that overwhelming consensus into a lasting federal standard.

There are two sexes: male and female. It’s time our laws clearly reflect that reality.

Women’s sports must remain for women, and federal education funding should never be used to force schools to deny biological reality. Title IX gave generations of girls the opportunity to thrive. It is now our responsibility to protect that promise for every girl who comes next.

It is time for Congress to pass the Title IX Clarification Act.

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington is a Republican serving the 19th Congressional District of Texas. He is the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a Senior Member of the House Ways & Means Committee.

Arrington Celebrates $51 Million Rural Health Investment, With More to Come for Texas

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Trump Administration announced that it will be investing $51 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program, created by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington’s One Big Beautiful Bill, into Texas’s Make Rural Texans Healthy Again initiative.

The funding will support 68 rural hospital districts and authorities as they develop and expand community-based prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs to improve health outcomes and prevent and manage chronic conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and obesity.

In December, Arrington announced that Texas had received the largest allocation of any state under the newly established Rural Health Transformation Program. As the author of the One Big Beautiful Bill, Arrington secured a historic $50 billion investment in rural health care over five years, including $1.4 billion for Texas – the most of any state. Texas is receiving $281 million in the program’s first year, with today’s $51 million announcement representing one part of that broader investment.

“We won’t have the next generation of agriculture and energy producers providing America with food security and energy independence without access to basic health care in rural communities. Yet for years, Rural America has faced a growing health care crisis marked by fewer providers, reduced services, and limited access to quality care,” said Chairman Arrington. “To combat this crisis, the One Big Beautiful Bill established the Rural Health Transformation Program, a historic $50 billion investment in rural health care over five years, including $1.4 billion for Texas, to strengthen rural hospitals, expand access to care, and improve health outcomes. In the first year alone, Texas is receiving $281 million to advance state-led solutions to our rural health care challenges. Today, I am proud to see the Trump Administration and Governor Abbott put this investment to work through Texas’ Make Rural Texans Healthy Again initiative, with $51 million supporting 68 rural hospital districts and authorities as they work to prevent and manage diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and obesity. This is another major win for rural America and a Texas-sized investment in a healthier, stronger future for Rural Texas.”

“President Trump understands that every American deserves high-quality healthcare, no matter where they live,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “We are putting resources directly into rural communities to strengthen the health workforce, modernize infrastructure, expand access, and bring care closer to home. We are giving states the flexibility to build solutions around the people they serve, while demanding accountability for results. That is how we strengthen rural health, improve the lives of patients and families, and Make America Healthy Again.”

“President Trump made a historic commitment to rural America, and these investments are turning that commitment into better care for patients in communities across Texas,” said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. “This is what rural health transformation should look like: federal investment that is putting patients first, driving lasting improvements and expanding healthcare for the hardworking Americans who call these communities home.”

“Rural Texans deserve quality health care in their own communities,” said Governor Greg Abbott. “This $51 million will aid 68 rural hospital districts and authorities with prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs that keep Texans healthy and strong. I thank President Trump, Secretary Kennedy, and Administrator Oz for this investment in rural Texas.”

Background:

The Rural Health Transformation Program, created under the One Big Beautiful Bill, provides $50 billion over five years to strengthen rural health care and expand access to services. Texas is receiving $1.4 billion over that timeframe, the largest allocation of any state.
Texas is receiving $281 million in FY2026, with today’s $51 million investment representing one part of the state’s broader first-year award.
The $51 million will support 68 rural hospital districts and authorities through Texas’ Make Rural Texans Healthy Again initiative, focused on prevention, wellness, nutrition, and chronic disease management.
Texas’ broader Rural Health Transformation strategy also includes expanding telehealth and digital health tools, strengthening the rural health workforce, and modernizing rural health infrastructure, equipment, and cybersecurity.

For more information about the RHTP, visit: https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-states/rural-health.

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OPINION: Mexico’s USMCA violations threaten American energy

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

MEXICO'S USMCA VIOLATIONS THREATEN AMERICAN ENERGY

By Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Amy Andryszak, and Jason Grumet
September 24, 2026
AS SEEN IN THE HILL

When U.S. and Mexican trade officials meet in Washington this month to continue the joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), one unresolved trade issue should be at the top of the agenda: Mexico’s discriminatory treatment of American energy companies.

In his first term, President Trump secured historic commitments from Mexico in USMCA to open its energy markets to American investment and guarantee fair treatment for U.S. producers, but a deal is only as good as our willingness to enforce it. Although USMCA includes a clear dispute settlement chapter to resolve infractions, Mexico’s government has repeatedly violated the agreement since 2021 by enacting policies that gave its state-owned industries an unfair advantage over U.S. companies and undermined existing investments.

In 2021, the Mexican government enacted reforms that forced the country’s grid to prioritize electricity generated by its state-owned electric utility over private power generation. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative challenged those policies in 2022 by opening consultations with Mexico — the first step in USMCA’s dispute process — but the administration stopped there. It never took the next step of requesting a formal dispute panel that could lead to meaningful enforcement.

In the meantime, Mexico went even further.

Changes to Mexico’s constitution in 2024 and new energy laws enacted in early 2025 expanded government control of the energy sector. Under the new framework, the state must account for at least 54 percent of the average electricity injected into the national grid each year, while greater regulatory authority has been consolidated under executive control.

By rigging the system in favor of its state-owned companies, Mexico is violating the fair-treatment commitments it made under USMCA and putting American energy companies at a competitive disadvantage. Oil and natural gas companies face new barriers involving exploration, drilling, refining, transportation, and market access. Wind and solar companies now face restrictions that limit their ability to generate and dispatch power. The result is less access for American energy companies, new barriers for U.S. energy exports, and fewer opportunities for our nation’s companies to invest, compete and grow.

Whatever the energy source, American companies cannot compete on a level playing field when a foreign government owns their competitor and writes the rules in its favor.

We come at energy policy from different perspectives and do not agree on every issue. But it’s our shared consensus that American companies should be able to invest and compete under clear, predictable rules — and that Mexico must live up to the commitments it made under USMCA.

The ongoing joint review gives the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative the opportunity to finally resolve this dispute, whether by ending Mexico’s discriminatory energy policies through negotiations or moving to formal dispute settlement. Congress should provide the administration every resource it needs to achieve this mission.

The bipartisan Mexican Energy Trade Enforcement Act would give the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative additional support to reverse Mexico’s energy investment barriers now entrenched in their law. The legislation gives the Trump administration the full backing of Congress to hold Mexico accountable and eliminate its USMCA violations in the energy sector.

Mexico is one of America’s most important economic partners, and we want more North American energy trade and investment, not less. Partnership cannot mean enjoying the benefits of USMCA while ignoring the commitments that come with them.

The future of North American energy trade — and the credibility of USMCA itself — depend on whether we are willing to enforce the deal we made.

Jodey Arrington is serving the 19th District of Texas in Congress. He is the chairman of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee.

Amy Andryszak is president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the leading trade association representing America’s natural gas pipeline industry.

Jason Grumet is CEO of the American Clean Power Association, the leading trade association representing the U.S. clean energy industry.

Arrington Celebrates Federal Reimbursement for Texas Border Security Costs

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after Texas received confirmation of federal reimbursement through the One Big Beautiful Bill's State Border Security Reimbursement Fund (SBSRF) for border security costs paid by the state during the Biden Administration:

"The first and most important responsibility of the federal government is to provide for the common defense. For four years, the Biden Administration abdicated that responsibility, failed to secure our sovereign border, and forced Texas to step up and spend more than $11 billion in state taxpayer dollars doing the job Washington refused to do.

"As Budget Chairman, I worked with my fellow Texans to make it a priority in the One Big Beautiful Bill to right this wrong and ensure Texas taxpayers were reimbursed for the significant financial harm inflicted upon our citizens. Today, I’m proud to announce that Texas has received the restitution it is owed.

"I want to thank President Trump for always making good on his promises including to remedy the injustice done to Texas taxpayers by making our state whole for holding the line when the Biden Administration failed to secure our border. This is a tremendous victory for the Lone Star State and the hardworking Texans who were double taxed to foot the bill for Biden’s dereliction of duty.” - Chairman Jodey Arrington.

Background:

The Biden Administration’s failure to secure the southern border forced Texas to spend billions in state taxpayer dollars on border security instead of priorities like education and infrastructure. This effort by the State of Texas was known as “Operation Lone Star."
Chairman Arrington’s One Big Beautiful Bill created the $10 billion State Border Security Reimbursement Fund (SBSRF) to reimburse states like Texas for border security costs.
Today, Governor Abbott announced the Trump Administration has confirmed that $7.5 billion of the SBSRF will be sent to the State of Texas as reimbursement for Operation Lone Star.

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Arrington Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of September 11th

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks:

"Twenty-five years ago, America suffered the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in our nation’s history.

"I, like most Americans who lived through that day, remember it like it was yesterday. I remember the horror, helplessness, and anger of watching our country come under attack. But I also remember the tremendous pride and gratitude I felt as an American witnessing the courage, selflessness, and resolve shown by our fellow countrymen.

"At the time, I was working for President Bush in the White House, and I remember watching him meet that horrific moment with tremendous compassion, decisiveness, and resolve.

"I remember running out of the White House amid reports of a plane heading toward us. I remember the surreal feeling of being under siege as I watched smoke billowing from the Pentagon and fighter jets scrambling overhead.

"I remember gathering with White House staff on the South Lawn to pray for our country. In the aftermath, I remember lining the hallway outside the Oval Office as victims’ families walked out of a meeting with the President, everyone in tears.

"I remember watching the footage and listening to the voicemails of those who lost their lives that day.

"I remember our country uniting in grief and with a oneness of purpose. I remember people turning to God for comfort and strength. I remember Americans, regardless of their politics, standing proud of our country.

"More than anything, I remember feeling like we were truly one nation, under God, and indivisible. And it was powerful beyond words.

"Never forget." - Chairman Jodey Arrington.

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We’re being defrauded out of $1 million every single minute. It’s time to stop the bleeding

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

We’re being defrauded out of $1 million every single minute. It’s time to stop the bleeding

By Rep. Jodey Arrington & Rep. Blake Moore
September 1, 2026
AS SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

In South Florida, there are 20 times as many durable medical equipment suppliers as McDonald’s franchises. Federal officials recently halted payments to 900 suspicious hospice providers in Los Angeles, more than all hospice operations in the state of Texas. In Columbus, Ohio, there were 94 home-health companies operating out of a single building, bilking Medicaid for tens of millions of dollars.

Medicare and Medicaid have become open cash registers for criminal enterprises. As we speak, taxpayers are being charged for equipment never delivered, services never performed, and treatments patients never needed.

According to the Government Accountability Office, the federal government may be losing upwards of $500 billion a year to fraud. That’s nearly two months of mortgage payments for every American household and roughly the state budgets of California and Texas combined.

It’s $1 million, every minute of every hour, of every day, for an entire year.

This is organized, systematic theft, and it is happening on an industrial scale.

That is why we introduced the Anti-Fraud Fund Act, which will empower the most comprehensive and aggressive healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement campaign in history.

The bill marks a clean break from Washington’s failed “pay and chase” model. Under that model, the government pays a claim and investigates it later. Only after the fraud is discovered do investigators attempt to find the criminals and recover the money. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials say that this current fraud control system only recovers about ten cents of every dollar it chases.

Our plan establishes a prevention-first approach to tackling fraud. Dr. Mehmet Oz and his “fraud czar,” Kim Brandt, have already successfully used this method to return tens of billions of dollars otherwise stolen by criminals by identifying suspicious providers and flagging unusual billing patterns before taxpayer money ever leaves the treasury. These Medicaid Fraud War Rooms, which use data analysts to review fraud claims in real time, have saved $200 million in their first 90 days.

The return on investment for taxpayers is massive. Preliminary modeling from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office indicates this $28 billion investment would prevent or recover at least $196 billion over the next decade, leaving taxpayers at least $168 billion in tangible savings, a 7-to-1 net return on investment. Every dollar invested would prevent or recover at least seven dollars in fraudulent and improper payments. This is a commitment to fiscal discipline with concrete resourcing, something that has been sorely lacking for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has shown that this approach works. Last year, CMS’s program integrity efforts saved $42 billion in Medicare. That $42 billion is enough to cover three million knee replacements, seven million cataract removals, or 37.5 million routine colonoscopies for Medicare beneficiaries.

The administration’s recent nationwide healthcare fraud takedown resulted in charges against 455 defendants in schemes involving $6.5 billion. Yet CMS estimates Medicare and Medicaid still lose approximately $100 billion every year to waste, fraud, and abuse. Per Dr. Oz, returning that amount could double the life of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which faces looming insolvency and automatic benefit cuts within the next decade.

We cannot keep up with fraudsters using yesterday’s tools. The fight starts with modern technology capable of analyzing claims in real time, identifying abnormal billing, and preventing suspicious payments.

It also means more boots on the ground: Investigators to follow the money, reviewers to scrutinize questionable claims, data analysts to connect the dots, and prosecutors to put fraudsters behind bars.

Finally, it means better coordination among federal agencies, law enforcement, and state officials. Criminals exploit the gaps between agencies, programs, and jurisdictions. Better information sharing will help close those gaps and ensure that no credible lead falls through the cracks.

We can do this without creating new bureaucracy, wrapping patients and honest providers in red tape, or expanding the government’s authority. We would not alter anyone’s eligibility or reduce a single legitimate benefit. This is all about adding more horsepower to go after criminals.

With our national debt approaching $40 trillion, this is what good fiscal stewardship looks like. We will come back to honoring our commitment to the people Medicare and Medicaid were created to serve. Every dollar stolen by a fraudster is a dollar unavailable to care for a senior, a child, or a person with a disability. Every criminal provider allowed to remain in the system undermines confidence in the honest doctors, nurses, and caregivers serving patients every day.

There can be no safe harbor for anyone who steals from American taxpayers, and no excuse for continuing to pay fraudulent claims when we have the tools to stop them. Congress must provide the resources to finish the fight.

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Texas’s 19th Congressional District. Healthcare Task Force Chair Blake Moore is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Utah’s 1st Congressional District.

Arrington Joins Effort to Protect American Businesses from EU Regulatory Overreach

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) was joined by Rep. Craig Goldman (TX-12) and Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17) in introducing H.R. 9892, the Stop EU Overreach Act. The legislation directs the U.S. Trade Representative to investigate the European Union's policies to impose costly foreign regulations on American businesses operating on U.S. soil.

"America should never allow foreign bureaucrats to discriminate against our companies,” said Chairman Arrington. “While President Trump is opening new markets for American energy exports and strengthening our economy, the European Union continues to impose unfair regulations that target American energy producers and put our businesses at a competitive disadvantage. I'm proud to join my colleagues in introducing the Stop EU Overreach Act to promote American energy, protect U.S. businesses from foreign regulatory overreach, and ensure our trading partners treat U.S. producers fairly.”

“This important legislation will protect American businesses from the EU’s woke regulations and extreme green energy mandates. These radical regulations on U.S. businesses would not only cost American businesses more than a trillion dollars, but also represent a clear overreach into American sovereignty,” said Rep. Goldman. “I’m grateful for the incredible support of my colleagues on this issue, as we fight to protect American businesses.”

“American businesses should answer to American law, not to regulators in Brussels,” said Rep. Steube. “The EU’s sustainability mandates are a backdoor tax on our farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses that never voted for a single one of these rules. I’m co-leading the Stop EU Overreach Act with Reps. Goldman and Arrington to make sure USTR pushes back before this costs American jobs.”

The Stop EU Overreach Act would:

Direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to launch a Section 301 investigation, under the U.S. Trade Act of 1974, in response to the EU’s “sustainability” regulatory regime that places extraterritorial requirements on American companies.
Require the USTR to consider if the EU’s use of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) constitutes an unreasonable or discriminatory trade practice burdening U.S. commerce.
Instruct the USTR to identify appropriate remedies to counter these burdens and promptly report its findings to the relevant committees in the U.S. House and Senate.

Background:

The EU is seeking to impose extreme environmental mandates on American companies operating outside of the EU. By forcing American businesses to adhere to costly foreign regulations on supply chains, reporting requirements, and environmental practices, these mandates distort free market competition, threaten American jobs, and disadvantage American producers and manufacturers in global markets.

The Stop EU Overreach Act is an America First policy that ensures American businesses answer to American law – not foreign bureaucrats.

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House Passes Arrington Budget Resolution to Support our Troops and Secure our Elections

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res.113, advancing the reconciliation process to support our troops, secure our elections, and strengthen our food supply. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement:

“I am humbled by the steadfast unity and unwavering determination from House Republicans to break the Democrat obstruction so we can provide emergency support for our troops, safeguard the integrity of our elections, and continue delivering on the priorities of the American people,” said Chairman Arrington. “I urge the Senate to seize this fateful moment to SAVE and Protect America.”

Prior to the vote, Arrington led Republicans in debate on the House floor in support of the budget resolution.

Click HERE to watch.

Opening Remarks as Delivered:

Mr. Speaker, the American people suffered for four years of lawlessness, incompetence, and habitual failure under Joe Biden and Democrat leadership. One self-inflicted disaster after another: border chaos, rampant crime, feckless foreign policy, and spending-induced inflation we haven't seen in half a century—a crushing cost-of-living crisis and the worst regressive tax on working families in this country.

In the historic election of 2024, our citizens gave us unified Republican leadership and an unambiguous, unequivocal message. They said, "We want strong, competent leaders, common-sense policies, and a commitment to America and Americans first."

For our part, Mr. Speaker, from day one, Republicans have united and relentlessly delivered by reversing those failed Democrat policies, delivering on the American people's priorities, and restoring America's greatness and the American spirit along with it.

And we've been doing this, Mr. Speaker, in the face of unprecedented Democrat obstruction. They either didn't listen to the American people in the election of 2024, or worse, they didn't care. Instead of humble self-reflection and change, the Democrat Party has doubled down on their radical agenda and hastened their march to Democrat socialism.

Their entire strategy has been to resist Republicans and obstruct the President at all fronts, at all costs, even if it hurts our great nation, its success, and the safety and security of the American people.

Exhibit A: The Democrats shut the government down for the first time in history when we presented a clean CR to continue funding at last year's levels until we could work out an appropriations deal. They rejected it, and their demand was to repeal the safeguards we put in place to prevent illegals and ineligible people from draining the safety net that is there for vulnerable Americans.

Then they shut Homeland Security down, and they held not only TSA agents and Coast Guardsmen hostage—they held the American people and our security hostage for absurd and dangerous demands that would have returned our country to the Biden border nightmare while endangering our hardworking and brave Border Patrol and ICE agents.

The Democrats have engaged in this unprecedented obstruction time and time again. Recently, they blocked the National Defense Authorization Act to protest President Trump and our troops' efforts to stop this radical terrorist regime from obtaining nuclear weapons. They blocked FISA, which is a critical tool for our intelligence agencies to thwart terrorist attacks and Chinese espionage and hacking into our critical infrastructure.

Mr. Speaker, I could go on and on. Let me tell you what we've done as Republicans, relentlessly, every day, with a commitment to the people who sent us up here.

In Reconciliation 1.0, we prevented the largest tax hike in our nation's history—22%—which would have been on top of the 21% increase in prices Americans experienced from Biden inflation. We gave permanent tax relief to working families and small businesses.

We made the largest investment in rebuilding our military, restoring peace through strength for the USA, and saved a record $1.6 trillion by rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse that was robbing taxpayers and weakening the safety net for our most vulnerable.

With Reconciliation 2.0, unfortunately, we had to use reconciliation again, unilaterally, as Republicans, to stop the defunding of ICE and CBP.

That's right. We didn't get a single Democrat vote to fund ICE and CBP, and the only way we turned Homeland Security back on was by rejecting their effort to cut ICE and CBP out of the equation. And that's what we did with the second reconciliation.

Here we are with Reconciliation 3.0, supporting our troops in their time of need. Just baseline battlefield readiness, Mr. Speaker: bullets and bombs to finish the job and come home safely and victoriously, strengthen our food supply, and ultimately safeguard the integrity of our elections.

We want to restore the American people's confidence because, as the Founders said in the Declaration of Independence, there is no just government without the consent of the governed. There is no legitimate consent, and there is no functioning democracy if the American people have no confidence in this election.

And by the way, it's not just the President. It's not just MAGA Republicans. Nancy Pelosi said this in 2017: "Our election was hijacked. There is no question. Congress has a duty to protect our democracy."

Well, you know what, Mr. Speaker? I agree with Nancy Pelosi. We have a duty. We have a duty to safeguard our elections.

We have a duty to restore confidence in what underpins the will of the people, their freedoms, our common defense, and the general welfare of every American in this country.

So I encourage not just Republicans, but my Democrat colleagues: join us in supporting our troops, safeguarding our elections, and saving America.

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Arrington Celebrates Passage of Defense Bill, Secures Record Funding for Dyess Air Force Base for the Third Consecutive Year

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated House passage of the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a record $160 million investment for Dyess Air Force Base – $40 million more than last year's record funding and the third consecutive year Arrington has secured the largest investment in the base's history.

“The first and foremost responsibility of the federal government is to provide for the common defense. Congress must ensure our military remains the most capable, lethal, and technologically advanced fighting force in the world.

“The FY27 National Defense Authorization Act rebuilds America's military by modernizing our defense industrial base, replenishing critical weapons stockpiles, strengthening our nuclear deterrent, advancing next-generation technologies, and ensuring our servicemembers have the resources they need to accomplish every mission. It also continues the important work of eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse within the Department of War.

“I am especially proud that this legislation secures a record $160 million investment in Dyess Air Force Base - $40 million more than last year’s record-breaking NDAA investment in Dyess – to continue preparing for the arrival of the B-21 Raider in the Big Country.

“The bill also includes my Smitty Check Act to improve the care of injured and ill servicemembers, along with two amendments I authored to strengthen oversight of foreign investments near U.S. military installations and expand access to anonymous telehealth services for our veterans.

“I am proud to support this legislation, and I will never stop fighting to ensure the brave men and women serving at Dyess Air Force Base and all throughout our Armed Forces have the resources they need to defend our nation and keep America's military the most capable and most lethal fighting force in the world.” – Chairman Jodey Arrington.

Delivering for Dyess Air Force Base

The FY27 NDAA provides $160 million for Dyess Air Force Base – the largest investment in its history, $40 million more than last year’s record amount which was four times the previous year’s record amount.

$63 million for B-21 Flight Simulator Facility
$74 million for B-21 Low Observable Corrosion Control Facility
$23 million for B-21 Utilities Site Improvements

Restoring Lethal Capabilities

The FY27 NDAA rebuilds depleted stockpiles by providing the authorities and resources required to expedite the production and acquisition of munitions and key warfighting capabilities.

Improving Servicemembers’ Quality of Life

The FY27 NDAA supports the President’s request to raise all servicemembers’ pay by 5 to 7% and improves housing, education, and access to childcare for military families.

Strengthening American Deterrence

The FY27 NDAA invests in the capabilities needed to maintain a strong U.S. posture. It strengthens nuclear deterrence, expands missile defense, and provides resources and authorities to counter adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

Expediting Innovation to Warfighters

The FY27 NDAA ensures our warfighters have the capabilities they need to prevail in future conflicts by accelerating innovation and prioritizing cutting-edge technologies like hypersonics and autonomous systems.

Improving Accountability to Taxpayers

The FY27 NDAA builds on progress made in FY26 to streamline DoW operations and cut billions in wasteful programs. It stands up a new task force and provides necessary resources to achieve a full and clean audit.

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Arrington Testifies at Rules Committee to Unlock Reconciliation 3.0

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) testified before the House Rules Committee to advocate for the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which will unlock reconciliation to support our troops, strengthen our food supply, and secure our elections.

Click HERE to watch.

Opening Remarks as Delivered:

The American people deserve better than what they've gotten for the last year and a half. But what they've gotten is a Democrat Party that I don't recognize in my ten years of service: persistent, habitual, never-ending obstruction to stop the President from succeeding in advancing the policies and the agenda the American people overwhelmingly supported and voted for—unilateral Republican leadership in Congress alongside of this President. That has made it difficult to govern.

What was unprecedented from my Democrat colleagues is now par for the course.

Exhibit A: the first shutdown of the entire federal government over a clean CR. It's the first time it's ever happened from my Democrat colleagues. Both parties have participated in these shutdowns. I will readily concede that. But the first time a clean CR was rejected just to keep the government funding at the last year's funding levels until we could meet out a compromise solution.

What was their reasoning? What was their counteroffer? To repeal the program integrity measures that we put in place in the Big Beautiful Bill to stop waste, fraud, and abuse, to prevent people not eligible, illegal, or people who are able to work and not working, siphoning money off of the safety net programs that are there for our most vulnerable Americans.

It was the longest shutdown in history before the next Democrat shutdown. This time, it was shutting down the Department of Homeland Security after we had agreed, four corners, on funding the government. They shut down Homeland [Security]. They handcuffed our Border Patrol agents from protecting our borders. They basically shut down our Coast Guardsmen from defending our ports, CISA agents from defending our critical infrastructure against being hacked, for over 70 days.

They held the American people's security hostage until we used a reconciliation bill to break the obstruction and fund ICE and CBP because they defunded it.

To be clear, they shut Homeland Security down, and then they defunded ICE and CBP. We had to turn it on unilaterally through reconciliation. We didn't get a single vote from Democrats on that.

But here we are, after riding a long train of Democrat obstruction abuses, to do something before November as the window closes. That is not just meaningful—it is important. It is critical. It is urgent.

Support our troops. Strengthen our food supply. And safeguard the integrity of our elections.

Madam Chair, the obstruction and resistance at all costs and on all fronts goes beyond shutdowns.

For the first time in 65 years, or what is at least 65 years of a tradition of bipartisan support for the NDAA—National Defense Authorization Act—that are the policies that undergird our entire United States national defense, have been held up in the Senate by the Democrats.

Prior to that, based on a temporary personnel decision of the President, they held up FISA 702, a critical security tool for our intelligence community to stop Chinese espionage, to stop terrorism, to stop drug trafficking.

This is this new, shameful era of obstruction. And I presume that the motivation is to placate the left-wing Mamdani socialist base of the party. I have no other answers.

So, Madam Chair and members of the distinguished Rules Committee, I present to you a reconciliation bill that will provide emergency funding for our sons and daughters so they have baseline battlefield readiness; emergency funding to provide resilience and strength to our food supply that we all benefit from; and lastly, again, the consent of the governed and a functioning democracy requires integrity and confidence in elections.

And I will quote former Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2017, after the 2016 election, based on the phony Russia collusion that was debunked later by an independent counsel, and I quote:

‘Our election was hijacked. There is no question. Congress has a duty to protect our democracy.’

Well, here's where I agree with her: we have a duty to protect our democracy, and when half the country has little to no confidence in the outcome of our elections because we don't have basic safeguards like a photo ID, I think it is incumbent upon us to act and act with purpose and with urgency.

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