Jodey Arrington

In the preamble of the Constitution, our Founding Fathers explained a more perfect Union required the Federal Government to do a few things, and to do them well. At the top of the list is the Federal Government's responsibility to provide…

I couldn't agree more.

If history has taught us anything over the years, it is that freedom is not free. It comes at a great price. It is easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy, but this Military Appreciation Month I pray that we all reflect upon the…

I am proud of our President who has put the overarching philosophy on his decision-making of America first.

I hope it is working with you to find relief for our cotton farmers, and equity in the treatment of cotton as a commodity relative to the others.

It is life and death for my region, and that is our cotton producers. West Texas and agriculture is life, it is our identity, but cotton is king.

I am just asking you and pleading with you, Mr. Secretary, move with the speed of the crisis and the sense of urgency that our producers, our economy, cotton ginners, farm implement dealers, ag lenders. It is devastating. Devastating.

this is the biggest threat to the future of our country.

Community banks are an integral part of Main Street America, making up over 50 percent of banks and rural communities like the ones I represent. They are indeed the hub of economic activity for west Texas. They employ nearly 20,000 folks…

I hope our class, especially, we invigorate the body here with the political courage to do something about it.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 237. ____________________

ObamaCare's disastrous effects over the last several years have wreaked havoc on our small businesses, broken the backs of middle and working class families, and have had a disproportionately negative impact on rural America. Those are the…

I thank my distinguished colleague for his leadership on this very important issue. I have made the statement often when I ran for this office that I ran to change not only the course for this country, but the culture of Washington. It is…

you can't manage what you can't measure.

I would feel more honest with the taxpayers if we redefined your position and made you apply for a full-time union advocate position than to do what we are doing here.

The facts are indisputable: President Obama's attempt to plan our healthcare economy from Washington, D.C., has failed. I have spent nearly 2 years criss-crossing 29 counties in west Texas, and I can report from the many stories from my…

I am so proud and so excited and so honored to be able to serve in the United States House of Representatives and to serve on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. I did not serve in the military, but now I have the amazing blessing of serving…

We have a new era that has dawned on American politics. Our citizens are demanding that we don't conduct our business as usual. These are times that call for bold leadership and bold action. Over the last couple of years, my observation is…

In closing, we owe this to the American people. We owe this to my children and your grandchildren. We owe this to our local job creators to break the chains of these burdensome regulations and, once again, unleash the spirit of American…

The cumulative cost of regulations in our country is now at the tune of $2 trillion, and it costs us $60 billion just to enforce those regulations every year. With all due respect, that is not window dressing. When you take a look at those…

I am very supportive of R&D and America's investment in R&D. It is incredibly important.

I agree with Mr. McGovern. I might disagree with him on health care, but I will find common ground with him on R&D.

We want to make sure... that there is a responsible and effective safety net.

I think that our dairy producers support legal immigration, and they want to stop illegal immigration, like most Americans.

I'm particularly excited to be on the campus of Angelo State.