Jodey Arrington

I cannot think of a more important issue to get right than protecting the God-given souls of the unborn and their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I will never forget listening to the heartbeat of my first child…

I know we will work together in a bipartisan way to solve problems here.

We want our veterans to succeed. There is a great need in this country and a gap in skills and a need for labor.

How To Improve Access To GI Bill Approved Apprenticeship Programs And How These Programs Benefit Veterans

A lot of them just want to get that good-paying job to support their families. That is what this country owes them.

kudos to Mr. Khanna.

In 2014, four MS-13 gang members brutally murdered a 14-year-old boy from Texas with a machete. Just this year, two MS-13 gang members laughed and waved at the cameras as they faced trial in a Houston courtroom for the kidnapping, rape…

If you are not measuring it, it is not getting done. Too much is not getting done at the VA, and the taxpayers are being fleeced, and the veterans aren't being served by that.

In light of this unprecedented natural disaster in Houston and Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast, I want to urge my colleagues to provide the resources necessary to help them recover. We need to move quickly and we need to move responsibly…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan for his wonderful, beautiful, and heartfelt words about where he comes from, how that shaped him, and how deeply he believes in the people in the country, as we say in west Texas. He talked about a lot…

I thank my colleague from Georgia for his personal experience in agriculture, in a farming family, and a man who loves all that is good about rural America and knows that what is good about rural America is what is helping make this…

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his passion and his resolve to be a voice for rural America and for agriculture. It has been great to serve alongside of him on the Agriculture Committee. I have got another dear, new friend and…

I thank the gentleman from the great State of Texas. I appreciate his friendship, his mentorship, and that acid test that he taught me when I first stepped foot on the floor of the House of Representatives--your conscience, your…

I thank the gentleman from the great State of Louisiana for his comments and his heartfelt commitment to his district, to the farmers, and the ranchers like the ranch he grew up on. This is personal for Clay Higgins, and I know when he…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his comments, and what a strong leader he has been for our freshmen class, and what a great representation of his district in the great State of Georgia. And who knows better about the challenges of…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his heartfelt comments about rural America. I am so proud to be shoulder to shoulder with him in this righteous cause. Mr. Speaker, I now have the greatest privilege of the night for me, because this…

I am honored that the gentleman from Nebraska joined us to lift our voices high, as our flag of rural America flies high in this House. We think about those families, those middle and working class families, every day as we govern on…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for those remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Before it was cool to quote Ronald Reagan's national security philosophy of peace through strength, there was our first Commander in Chief, George Washington, who, in his first State of the Union address, said, ``. . . to be prepared for…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 355. ____________________

The agenda for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity legislative hearing on June 29, 2017, included draft legislation to amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the Department of…

As a Representative of the great State of Texas, I want to first acknowledge and preface my remarks with the fact that most people that are entering these United States illegally are doing so because they want a better life for their…

Today I rise to pay tribute to a friend and an American hero. Chief Special Warfare Operator William Chad Mulder was a Navy SEAL and a highly decorated combat veteran receiving, among other honors, three Bronze Stars with Valor. He was a…

It is my highest privilege to serve with Chairman Roe and Ranking Member Walz on the VA Committee, and I am grateful for the honor to serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. I want to thank Chairman Roe for his…

I love everything about west Texas. I love the beautiful sunsets and the starry nights. I love that our farmers and ranchers feed and clothe the American people. I love that we produce more fossil and renewable energy than any other region…