On January 12th, Representative Jake Ellzey (TX-06) released the following statement after being selected to serve on the House Appropriations Committee for the 118th Congress:

"Over the last two years, we have seen fiscally irresponsible spending bills that have burdened the American people. As a result, we are 31 trillion dollars in debt, and we have a debt-to-GDP ratio of 123%, the highest since the end of WWII. In November, the American people voted for a change.  But in December, House Democrats passed a 1.7 trillion-dollar spending bill and gave Republicans less than one day to read it. It’s time to return to regular order in the Appropriations process and end the era of rushed and reckless spending bills.

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on the House Appropriations Committee. While on this committee, I will be able to work with my fellow Republicans to restore fiscal sanity and accountability to funding the Federal Government.

I'm fortunate that this committee will allow me to represent Texas' 6th district in determining how our tax dollars are spent and continue to work on behalf of the great people of Anderson, Cherokee, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Hill, Johnson, Navarro, and Tarrant counties.”

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