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Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) introduced H.R. 6608, the Safeguarding Homeland Immigration Enforcement from Local Detention (SHIELD) Act - new legislation responding to escalating rhetoric from far-Left state and local officials who have threatened to arrest or prosecute federal immigration agents for doing their jobs.… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) celebrated final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which provides $900.6 billion to strengthen America’s military and advance President Trump’s national security priorities, while securing $120 million for Dyess Air Force Base – the largest authorized investment in the history… Read more »

  Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington's SHIELD Act could… Read more »

  U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington says Texas Tech football is America's team By U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington  December 11, 2025 AS SEEN IN THE LUBBOCK… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement on the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates: “Let’s not forget, the Federal Reserve had to raise interest rates an alarming eleven times during the Biden presidency to extinguish the inflationary firestorm created by Democrats’ record deficit spending, increased… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement after President Trump announced a $12 billion economic assistance package to support American farmers:   "President Trump has taken bold steps to tear down unfair foreign trade barriers that have held back American agriculture for decades,” said Chairman… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick outlining ways the administration can partner with Congress on pro-competition reforms that lower prescription drug costs for American families.  Currently, duplicative and overlapping drug patents – often referred… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (LA-04) welcomed Arrington’s older brother, Dr. Yancey C. Arrington of Clear Creek Community Church in Houston, Texas, to the United States Capitol to serve as Guest Chaplain for the House of Representatives, where he opened the House Floor in prayer. … Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement reacting to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found rampant fraud in the Obamacare subsidy program:   “A bombshell GAO report has exposed the rampant fraud plaguing Democrats’ expanded Obamacare subsidies, which have effectively no… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) released the following statement in response to reports of the massive Minnesota welfare fraud scheme:   “During the pandemic more than $1 billion in federal taxpayer dollars intended for child nutrition, elderly care, and autism assistance was stolen in Minnesota under the leadership of Governor Walz and… Read more »