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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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Arrington Advances Reconciliation 3.0

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Budget Committee passed the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027, a critical first step in unlocking the reconciliation process to support our troops, secure our elections, and strengthen our food supply.

Upon passage of the resolution, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX–19) issued the following statement:

“Republicans are united and undeterred in our fight to restore America's greatness,” said Chairman Arrington. “We don't have a country if we can't defend it, and we don't have a democracy if people can't trust the outcome of our elections. Passing Reconciliation 3.0 will support our troops, secure our elections, and SAVE America.”

Chairman Arrington delivered the following opening remarks at today's committee markup.

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Remarks as delivered:

After four years of lawlessness, incompetence, and what I think most Americans believe was a radical agenda after suffering one self-inflicted crisis after another, from the border chaos, to the cost-of-living crisis, 40-year-high inflation, to the projection of weakness on the world stage—the American people said, "Enough."

In the historic 2024 election, the American people overwhelmingly elected Donald Trump and unified Republican leadership here in Washington.

From day one, President Trump has hit the ground at Mach speed and moved with more purpose and urgency than any president in modern history, certainly in my lifetime. He has secured the border and stopped the flow of crime, criminals, and drugs that have been pouring into our communities and threatening the safety of our families.

He has rebuilt the military not on woke ideology but on warfighting, providing for the common defense, and restoring peace through strength.

He stopped the unfair trade practices that were perpetrated on our great nation, leveled the playing field for our farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and our workers.

He declared war on fraud. One million dollars every minute of every hour of every day for a year is what is leaking in fraud out of the people's government, and he has a whole-of-government attack on that—over $500 billion a year in fraud.

He's ended the gravy train, free-rider foreign dependence on America's defense, and a whole lot of other things that are making America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

For our part, Republicans in Congress passed the first reconciliation bill with no help from our Democrat colleagues to stop what would be the largest tax hike in history. We advanced what was the largest tax cut in history, providing permanent tax relief to hardworking Americans.

We also, in reconciliation one, ended the Green New disaster that was crushing American families and consumers with high energy prices and weakening our country. So, we're restoring American energy dominance.

We rooted out record savings in waste, fraud, and abuse: $1.6 trillion. That's twice as much as any Congress in the history of the United States. And I think, probably most importantly, we made the largest investment in the history of our country in national defense and border security.

So, we boosted the pay of our troops, along with their morale. And most importantly, we strengthened our military to provide for the common defense.

All of this, in the face of what I believe is unprecedented Democrat obstruction.

So let me make that case.

Exhibit A: the first longest shutdown in America's history.

We had an agreement. We put forward a clean continuing resolution to fund the government. We said, let's fund the government at what we agreed to fund it last year until we agree on how we're going to fund it this year.

The Democrats said no for the first time ever and shut the government down.

Here were their demands: repeal the safeguards for American tax dollars to stop them from flowing to people who are not eligible, or who are here illegally, or are capable of working but refuse to work. So, repealing the work that we did to root out waste, fraud, and abuse—that was their demand.

Secondly, later in the process, they demanded that we extend a COVID-era, fraud-ridden program that had defrauded taxpayers by tens of billions of dollars.

Those were their unreasonable and ridiculous demands.

Fast forward: government shutdown number two.

Democrats held hostage the American people's safety and the Department of Homeland Security: our Coast Guardsmen who protect our ports, our Border Patrol who stand in the gap and risk their lives to defend our sovereign border, CISA agents who protect us against cyberattacks—all of it shut down because of what I would say is unserious and even dangerous demands that would have returned our country back to wide-open border chaos, and it would have imperiled the safety of our law enforcement.

We had to use Reconciliation 2.0 just to fund Homeland Security.

My Democrat colleagues would not do that unless we defunded ICE and CBP.

So, we had to use reconciliation as Republicans only—not a single Democrat—to open up Homeland and fund ICE and CBP.

Not one Democrat voted to fund ICE and CBP.

Now we're at Reconciliation 3.0.

We still have obstruction.

I think as recently as two days ago, Democrats in the Senate said no collectively to what is historically a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act, which basically are the policies that undergird the entire Pentagon and America's military.

They've also held up FISA, which is a critical tool for our intelligence agencies to protect the American people.

I can keep going down the list, but the message is loud, and it is clear to me that we're not going to get any help from our Democrat colleagues to do what I believe are two critical things to finish the fight that we said we would undertake for the people who gave us unified Republican leadership.

Here's the first and most important one: support our troops in time of conflict.

We can debate where we are, why we're there. You can't debate supporting our sons and daughters in uniform who salute the Commander in Chief and risk their lives for our freedom, for our security, for our ideals, for our interests anywhere, anytime.

This is a defense supplemental. It should be bipartisan. We should be able to work collectively to stand with our troops.

It will not happen, ladies and gentlemen.

We are using reconciliation to just give baseline readiness—not Star Wars and Golden Dome and transformative modernization of the military, just the bombs, bullets, and battlefield readiness for our men and women in uniform to finish the fight successfully and return home safely—that's it.

A $67 billion defense supplemental should be regular order.

We're going to use reconciliation because we're not going to let our troops be held hostage, like we saw our Coast Guardsmen and Border Patrol, etc.

Secondly, we're going to strengthen our food supply.

We're not going to allow instability and a lack of resilience in the food supply.

Food security is national security.

We're not going to be begging China or anybody to feed our families.

Thirdly, we have to do something to give confidence to the American people that there are, in fact, free, fair, and accurate elections.

We have a crisis in confidence in our elections.

Say what you want about corruption and fraud, whether it is in pockets or pervasive, we have a public crisis in confidence.

This may be the greatest threat to our republic.

Voter ID is not about politics; it's about public confidence, and it's an 80-20 issue.

And we have put it on the floor. We have put it on the floor repeatedly and gotten zero help from our Democrat colleagues.

Basic safeguards. Fundamental safeguards.

You need a voter ID to buy a six-pack of beer. You've got to show your ID to check into a hotel. Later on, we'll probably all be on an airplane. We'll have to show our ID.

And yet, we're not getting any support to do that to give confidence and integrity to our elections.

Look, voter ID is essential to the integrity of our elections.

Integrity in elections is indispensable as part of our representative government.

Every law passed by Congress, every judge confirmed, every president sworn into office derives their legitimacy from the confidence Americans have in our elections.

If Americans lose confidence in elections, they will lose confidence in our government, and even worse, they will lose confidence in their share of this great republic.

We celebrate 250 years. We all probably reread the Declaration of Independence.

Just governments—the only just governments—derive their power from the consent of the governed.

You cannot have the consent of the governed, nor can you have a just government, if people don't have confidence—tens of millions of people—in the transfer of the will of the people to their representative leadership in this great nation.

Until we address that, we are walking on shaky ground, and we are hanging by a thin thread.

So, yes, we are going to use reconciliation to make a run at doing what we think will save this country for our children's future and for the remainder of this century.

I can't think of a more important thing to work on.

We are united, and we are rallying to finish what we started when the American people sent us here.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Backs Arrington Resolution Affirming States’ Right to Defend Against Border Invasion

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced strong support for H.Res.50, a resolution introduced by House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) affirming states’ constitutional authority to defend themselves when the federal government fails to secure the border.

Attorney General Paxton's endorsement is the latest addition to a growing coalition that includes every Texas Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, constitutional scholars, policy leaders, and law enforcement advocates. House passage of H.Res.50 would be a major accomplishment in safeguarding President Trump's border legacy and ensuring that states are never again left defenseless by the open-border policies of a future Democrat administration.

“H.Res.50 serves as a vindication of Texas’s actions to defend its borders and a repudiation of the Biden-era legal attacks against our state. Importantly, it is a step toward strengthening border security going forward,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The Biden Administration allowed for the infiltration of illegal aliens and criminals into our country that led to an invasion-level border crisis. President Trump is doing tremendous work to save our country and secure our border. My office successfully defended SB 4, which protects Texas's right to arrest illegals, protect our citizens, and enforce immigration law. I am in strong support of H.Res.50 as it further affirms that the Constitution's Self-Defense Clause gives states an independent right to act when invaded, as Texas was under Joe Biden. When Texas joined the Union, it retained sovereign authority to defend its people and territory. I will stop at nothing to protect and preserve that right.”

“Attorney General Paxton has been on the front lines defending Texas’ constitutional authority to protect its citizens against the invasion and disaster at our southern border created by the Biden administration,” said Chairman Arrington. “While President Trump is vigilantly securing our border and enforcing our immigration laws, Congress must act now to ensure Texas and other border states are never again defenseless against the open-border Biden-era policies that flooded our state and nation with dangerous criminal aliens and deadly fentanyl. If the past is prologue, we know exactly what we can expect from future Democrat administrations that want to take us back to open-border lawlessness. That’s why I introduced H.Res.50 – to ensure states like Texas are never again forced to be passive victims of a federal government that refuses to secure the border. I’m grateful to Attorney General Paxton for his bold leadership defending Texas’ sovereignty and for his strong support of H.Res.50. Congress should act now to ensure that no future administration can leave border states defenseless again.”

Background:

Chairman Arrington introduced H.Res.50 to reaffirm states’ constitutional authority to secure their borders and protect their citizens when the federal government fails to act.
The resolution is grounded in the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause (Article IV, Section 4) and Article I, Section 10, which preserves states’ sovereign authority to act in self-defense when facing invasion or imminent danger.
Under the Biden administration’s failed border policy, record levels of illegal border crossings, cartel activity, and drug and human trafficking placed unprecedented strain on border states and communities.
During that time, Texas and other states were forced to take action to protect their citizens, while the federal government failed to fulfill its constitutional duty to provide for the common defense.
H.Res.50 does not expand state authority – it affirms the constitutional balance of federalism, ensuring states are not left defenseless when Washington fails to act.
The resolution has garnered growing support from a broad coalition of policy organizations, legal scholars, law enforcement officials, and conservative leaders across Texas and the country.
Every Texas Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed H.Res.50.

You can view the full support for H.Res.50 HERE.

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OPINION: U.S. Rep. Arrington praises Trump administration trade policies

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

U.S. Rep. Arrington praises Trump administration trade policies | Opinion

By U.S. Rep Jodey Arrington
June 18, 2026, 4:46 a.m. CT
AS SEEN IN USA TODAY

President Donald Trump and Ambassador Jamieson Greer continue to deliver on their promise to put American producers first and restore fairness to the international trade system.

USTR’s proposal to expand market access for trading partners that purchase more U.S. cotton will increase demand for American-grown cotton and create new opportunities for the farmers, ginners, and shippers who help feed and clothe the world.

After four years of failed economic policy under President Joe Biden, this is exactly the kind of pro-growth, America First trade policy Rural America elected President Trump to deliver.

At the same time, the President’s recent executive order to strengthen customs enforcement will help ensure our trade laws are enforced and prevent foreign bad actors from exploiting loopholes at the expense of American producers.

I am proud provisions of my Securing Accountability in Foreign Entries (SAFE) Act were included in the order, including a requirement that importers maintain a legitimate U.S. presence so they can be held accountable for violating our laws.

Together, these actions will help open new markets for American products, strengthen enforcement against those who game the system, and create a more level playing field for American producers.

I look forward to continuing to work with President Trump and Ambassador Greer to advance policies that support West Texas agriculture, strengthen American competitiveness, and put our producers first.

Arrington Targets Crypto Tax Loopholes with New Legislation

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced H.R. 9172, the Applying Existing Tax Anti-Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act, legislation that closes tax loopholes in the digital asset market and ensures investors play by the same rules regardless of whether they hold traditional financial assets or digital assets. The bill applies existing anti-abuse rules to digital assets that already govern comparable investment assets, ending unequal treatment while supporting continued innovation and growth in America's digital asset economy.

“America should lead the world in digital asset innovation, but that innovation shouldn't come with preferential treatment in the tax code,” said Chairman Arrington. “Today, digital assets are exempt from anti-abuse rules that apply to other investment assets, creating loopholes that undermine parity and equal treatment under the law. My Applying Existing Tax Anti-Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act closes these loopholes by applying the same commonsense safeguards that already apply to similar traditional financial assets, providing greater certainty for taxpayers and supporting the continued growth of America's digital asset economy.”

“Bad actors should not be able to game the system and evade longstanding anti-abuse rules by moving from traditional financial assets to digital assets,” said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08). “Congress established anti-abuse rules like the wash sale and constructive sale provisions to close loopholes and protect the integrity of our tax system. However, because those rules were created before digital assets existed, a regulatory gap has emerged that some individuals have exploited. I thank Representative Arrington for his leadership on the Applying Existing Tax Anti-Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act, which provides consistency and clarity by applying the same, time-tested rules to digital assets and traditional assets, ensuring the tax code operates as Congress intended.”

Background:

Current law exempts many digital assets from anti-abuse tax rules that apply to traditional investment assets.
This legislation would apply existing wash sale and constructive sale rules to digital assets, ensuring comparable assets are treated consistently under the tax code.
The wash sale rule prevents investors from generating artificial tax losses while maintaining substantially the same investment position.
The constructive sale rule prevents investors from locking in gains while indefinitely deferring capital gains taxes.
Qualified U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins and digital assets acquired through staking, mining, and other validation activities are exempt from the wash sale rule.
The bill does not create new taxes on digital assets; it applies existing anti-abuse rules that already govern comparable investment assets.

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Arrington Fights to End Foreign Free-Riding on American Medical Innovation

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (FL-16), led 48 lawmakers supporting the Trump Administration’s efforts to crack down on foreign governments that shift the cost of developing life-saving medicines onto American patients and taxpayers.

In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the lawmakers expressed support for President Trump's efforts to ensure foreign nations pay their fair share for American pharmaceutical innovation. The letter asks the Administration to pursue a Section 301 investigation and other trade enforcement measures to address foreign price controls and market-distorting policies that allow wealthy nations to take advantage of U.S. innovation without accounting for the true cost of research and development.

“For too long, wealthy foreign nations have reaped the benefits of American pharmaceutical innovation while using price controls and other unfair policies to avoid paying their fair share for these technologies,” the letter reads, in part. “We urge you to use trade enforcement tools, including a Section 301 investigation, to dismantle foreign government policies that force American patients to pay a disproportionate share of global research and development costs for medicines.”

You can read the full letter HERE.

Last year, Arrington introduced the USTRx Act, legislation that would create a Chief Pharmaceutical Trade Negotiator within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The negotiator would be responsible for identifying foreign drug-pricing policies that increase costs for American patients, issuing annual reports on those practices, and recommending appropriate trade remedies.

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Arrington Leads Passage of Secure America Act, Fully Funds ICE and CBP

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) issued the following statement after final passage of the Secure America Act, which fully funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP):

“The Secure America Act is headed to President Trump’s desk, and our brave men and women who stand on the thin line to defend our sovereign borders and safety finally have the funding and certainty they need to do their jobs.

“For 76 days, Democrats held the Department of Homeland Security hostage. They walked away from the appropriations process, shut down Homeland Security operations, and used the safety of the American people as political leverage. Even today, every single House Democrat voted to defund ICE and Border Patrol.

“But Republicans, who were elected up and down the ballot by the American people to secure the border, enforce the law, and restore order, refused to allow this back-handed attempt to revive the chaos of Biden-Harris open border policies. The American people fundamentally rejected the chaos of the last four years. They elected Republicans for the promise of secure borders, safer communities, and restoring rule of law. The Secure America Act makes good on that promise.” – Chairman Arrington.

Before today’s vote, Chairman Arrington led debate on the House floor in support of the Secure America Act.

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Remarks as delivered:

If Republicans today were not willing to use budget reconciliation and depart from appropriations in order to pass a funding bill that would restore funding to ICE and CBP, what would happen is my Democrat colleagues would be able to achieve what many of them have held for a long time as their objective, and have publicly stated was their objective: That's to defund immigration enforcement, border enforcement, and abolish ICE.

That's effectively what would happen if Republicans didn't act, using budget reconciliation to fund ICE and CBP. That would send us back to the dark ages, to the four years of open borders and the unprecedented lawlessness, chaos, crime; with people and crime, gangs and drugs pouring into our communities, into our states throughout our entire country, jeopardizing the safety of the American people.

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone at this point in this country, that that is the stated or unstated goal of some of my colleagues. Certainly, it is the well-articulated and cited objective of the left.

Quite frankly, this shutdown and obstruction is really the Democrat party pandering to the left. But what would happen is the same thing that happened for four years, when we had a commander-in-chief who refused to uphold his sacred oath to enforce the laws. He refused, with Democrat control of Congress and the White House, to enforce the laws and secure our sovereign border. [He] surrendered our sovereignty and safety to the paramilitary terrorist drug cartels on the other side of the border, who were glad to make more money off trafficking people than they did drugs.

As a result, we had a complete meltdown in states like Texas, who spent billions of dollars and were completely overwhelmed. It's almost unfathomable today to think about it, Madam Chair, because we have a daily apprehension number at 196, but the average illegal crossing or apprehension under the Biden-Harris administration was over 5,000.

I assure you, we would repeat that [number of illegal crossings and apprehensions under the Biden-Harris administration] and it would be disastrous if we didn't do the right thing. If we didn't govern our great country, if we didn't open the people's government and fund the important offices of ICE and CBP.

For 76 days, our Democrat colleagues held hostage the American people, [our] safety and security. They held hostage the hardworking people at the Department of Homeland Security. [But] it wasn't just ICE and CBP. We were completely dark at Homeland Security. We didn't have the safety protocols being administered by TSA. We didn't have our Coast Guardsmen keeping watch to prevent a terrorist attack at our ports. We didn't have CISA agents preventing an attack on our critical infrastructure, and of course, we didn't have ICE and CBP functioning to enforce laws and to secure our border.

That is the dysfunction we have been dealing with, and we just said enough is enough.

We were sent here by the American people, who gave President Trump an overwhelming victory. Every swing state, the popular vote, the electoral vote, gave us unified Republican leadership in Congress. The number one reason they did that was to restore the rule of law and to put the American people's safety and security first, and that's exactly what we're doing today, in spite of the obstruction.

Your granddad and my granddad taught us the same thing. If somebody tells you what they want to do and who they are, believe them. For years we've been hearing this incendiary and dangerous rhetoric that ICE needed to be defunded. Governor Tim Walz said that ICE officers are an actual threat. These are the people risking their lives to defend us, to protect us and our communities. Governor Pritzker said ICE was turning the country into Nazi Germany. Chuck Schumer said, ICE doesn't belong in our neighborhoods. Senator John Hickenlooper said that ICE was a reign of terror.

All of this, while the risks have increased because of the shutdown. We have an 8,000% increase in threats to the lives of our ICE agents and border patrol agents. A 1,300% increase in assaults. These are the dangerous games that my Democrat [colleagues] are playing - to obstruct the president so they can go brag as they pander to the left. The reality is, it's a de-facto defunding of law enforcement and abolishing of ICE. We will prevent that today, because I'm confident that my friends in the Republican conference will do the right thing and put the American people and their safety first.

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