Exclusive — House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington Pushes Bill to Combat ‘Crisis Scale’ Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) told Breitbart News that fraud across the federal government has reached what he considers a crisis, saying Congress needs to give investigators more personnel, modern technology, and authority as he pushes legislation invest.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Breitbart says: House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) told Breitbart News that fraud across the federal government has reached what he considers a crisis, saying Congress needs to give investigators more personnel, modern technology, and authority as he pushes legislation invest.
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- Primary source: Breitbart
- Published: Aug 7, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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