Jodey C. Arrington

Jodey Arrington was born in Plainview, Texas, on March 9, 1972. He earned a B.A. in 1994 and an M.A. in 1997 from Texas Tech University. He was a special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2001 and worked on the staff of the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2006 he was deputy federal coordinator and chief operating officer of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding. He was an administrator at Texas Tech University from 2007 to 2014 and a business executive.

Elected as a Republican, Arrington has served in the House since January 3, 2017, representing Texas's 19th Congressional District. The House historian's record lists him as chair of the Committee on the Budget in the 118th and 119th Congresses. He also sits on the Committee on Ways and Means and the Joint Economic Committee.