East Houston News

Rep. Jodey Arrington, a member of the U.S. Congress representing Texas' 19th district, shared his views and congratulations through a series of tweets on March 11, 2025. The congressman addressed topics ranging from nominations in the Trump administration to fiscal policy and party strategy.

In a tweet posted on March 11, 2025, at 16:17 UTC, Arrington extended his congratulations to Andrew Hughes on his nomination by President Trump for the position of Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He expressed admiration for Hughes' previous contributions to the department. "Congratulations to my good friend and fellow Texas Tech Red Raider, Andrew Hughes, on his nomination by President Trump to be our next Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - the second in command of the entire department."

Later that day at 17:50 UTC, Rep. Arrington voiced support for President Trump's government funding bill via another tweet. He emphasized that supporting this bill was a logical decision as it maintains spending levels from 2024 while eliminating unnecessary expenditures such as those he described as a "slush fund" within the Department of Commerce. Additionally, he highlighted an effort to return $20 billion back to the Treasury. "Supporting President Trump’s government funding bill is the simple, straightforward, commonsense thing to do."

Finally, at 19:13 UTC on March 11th, Arrington tweeted about political strategy concerning government funding negotiations. He stressed that Republicans should not allow Democrats to leverage these negotiations against them but rather unite behind President Trump's requests in order to facilitate their budget reconciliation package aimed at implementing Trump's America First Agenda fully. "Republicans can’t allow Democrats to hold government funding hostage and derail our momentum."