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ICYMI: Chairman Arrington and Rep. Blake Moore Release Joint Op-Ed on the Anti-Fraud Fund Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) published a joint op-ed with fellow ...
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Smith Op-Ed: One Year Later: Why Biden's "American Rescue" Failed

By Rep. Jason Smith Washington Examiner Friday marked the anniversary of President Joe Biden signing his $2 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. Although Biden and Democrats argued every which way ...
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Congratulates House Republicans on Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

“THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” has PASSED the House of Representatives! This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country! The Bill ...
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NOT-SO-HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Forty-two years ago today, the national debt crosses the $1 trillion mark

On October 23, 1981, America’s national debt crossed the $1 trillion mark. It was an unprecedented, staggering, and earth-shattering figure. President Reagan was merely nine months into his presidency ...
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Two Years Later: The Federal Budget Impact of the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal

Two years ago today, 13 brave servicemembers were killed catastrophically by a suicide bomber amid President Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Their needless deaths serve as a stark and solemn ...
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The Cost of the Border Crisis: $150.7 Billion and Counting

Click HERE to watch Chairman Arrington’s opening remarks. “The greatest national security threat to the American people is posed by these open borders. The social cost has consistently been well in ...
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President Biden’s Executive Actions Have Cost Taxpayers Over $2 Trillion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since taking office, President Biden has proposed and implemented executive actions that have cost taxpayers over $2 trillion. This spending was put forth by the Biden ...
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House Committee on the Budget

Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors HBC hearings and markups are available LIVE from our social media, website or YouTube. Seating in the hearing room is limited.
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Competitive Enterprise Institute: Burdensome Federal Regulations Cost Economy $2 Trillion Annually

A new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)—the 2025 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments—highlights the staggering impact of federal regulations on the economy. It estimates ...
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FACT CHECK ALERT: Debunking CRFB’s Analysis of Trump and Biden Impacts on the National Debt

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released a report entitled, “Trump and Biden: The National Debt.” The CRFB’s report attempts to compare the fiscal ...
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Fact Check: Biden Misleads on Job “Creation” Statistics

The May jobs report showed alarming signs in the labor market. The household survey data—the part of the jobs report data that looks directly at American workers—showed that 440,000 more Americans ...