If passed, by Congress, Interstate 27 would be expanded north to Denver and south to Laredo. Parts of existing US highways, including US 87, would be used for the expansion
The 117th Congress is now underway in Washington, D.C. Congressmen Jodey Arrington, August Pfluger, Ronny Jackson and Tony Gonzales are all Republicans representing West Texas districts
On Friday, July 31st, Representative Jodey Arrington posted a tweet showing him presenting President Donald Trump with a handmade prayer quilt from Lubbock.
Earlier this week, former Texas Congressman Sam Johnson passed away. He fought in two wars and was instrumental in creating the Vietnam Center Archive at Texas Tech, which was renamed in his honor three years ago.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was one of the first cabinet officials President Donald Trump brought on board in 2017. Perry previously served as Texas Governor and Lt. Governor
The three-day trip includes veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The group met with Congressman Arrington on Monday, and also visited Arlington National Cemetery
"We have more jobs than we have people to fill them because of free market policies, where we put more freedom in the marketplace, less government tax, less government regulation, and now wages are growing faster than they have in over a decade and the fastest growth and the biggest gains are on the lower end of the income spectrum. So workers are benefiting from the tax cuts and deregulation, and all that more mandates and government interventions are going to do is increase unemployment," Arrington said.
Congressmen Jodey Arrington & Mike Conaway will play for the Republicans during Wednesday's game. Arrington is expected to pitch and Conaway play first base. Last year, the Democrats won 21-5.
Congressman Jodey Arrington joins Dave King and Matt Martin to talk about socialism, Trump and tariffs, NAFTA, granting amnesty to illegal immigrants, and more.