Deficit Spending

Read my op-ed from the McCarville Report here.  On September 19th, 215 members of the Republican conference and I voted for a clean continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded at existing levels through November 21st. By passing a CR without any poison pill policy changes, House Republicans ensured the federal government could remain open until Congress decided… Read more »

This morning, at 12:01am, FY25 funding ran out. “Let me be clear: House Republicans did our job and passed a clean continuing resolution (CR) to prevent a shutdown. Despite voting over ten times for a CR in the last several years, Democrats are now shutting down the government and have introduced legislation asking for $1.5 trillion in new spending to reopen it. This is ridiculous and… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen announced the following in-person town halls on the One Big Beautiful Bill during the month of August. Constituents are invited to attend, share their thoughts, and ask questions on policy issues impacting Oklahoma and our nation at large. Congressman Brecheen has so far held 106 in-person town halls since his first term in office,… Read more »

To read the full op-ed in Newsweek, click here.  "Through countless hours of hard work and negotiation, the Freedom Caucus has delivered on its promise to uphold the Constitution, reduce spending, and restore the prosperity of our great nation. I am grateful to be a part of this movement," said Congressman Josh Brecheen.  Read more »

Washington—Today, Congressman Brecheen released a statement on President Trump's Rescissions package. "The must-pass recessions package strips over $9 billion from the federal budget by removing spending on wasteful green energy projects, anti-American DEI, biased radio broadcasting stations, and LGBT indoctrination. We must restore fiscal sanity and pass recessions now!" said… Read more »

Today, Congressman Brecheen voted "yes" to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill. The Congressman issued this official statement: "After a long night working with the White House and leadership, I voted yes to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill after I was convinced our efforts would result in the best possible outcome. We had major concerns going into this week after the Senate reversed… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Tonight, Congressman Brecheen voted in favor of the continuing resolution. Read more »

Washington D.C. – Congressman Josh Brecheen introduced the Unobligated Spending Adjustment to Focus Investment on Relief and Support for Taxpayers Act. This legislation would transfer any unobligated funds previously appropriated to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the Disaster Relief Fund under FEMA. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen joined Steve Lance on NTD Capitol Report to Discuss Budget Reconciliation. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen joined Todd Starnes on Newsmax2 to Discuss DOGE and Preparations for the Inauguration. Read more »