WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The House Budget Committee issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) delivered opening remarks for the consideration of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027 to unlock the reconciliation process.

Watch here

Remarks as delivered:

"After four years of lawlessness, incompetence, and what I think most Americans believe was a radical agenda after suffering one self-inflicted crisis after another, from the border chaos, to the cost-of-living crisis, 40-year-high inflation, to the projection of weakness on the world stage-the American people said, "Enough."

"In the historic 2024 election, the American people overwhelmingly elected...