I will never stop fighting to ensure our warfighters have what they need to succeed on the battlefield, our veterans receive the support and resources they deserve, and the Big Country remains at the forefront of America’s national defense mission.
I will keep fighting to ensure warfighters have the resources they need, veterans receive the support they deserve, and the Big Country remains central to America's national defense mission.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 175 recorded H.R. 8469 as a yea-and-nay vote on passage for a FY2027 military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. The vote passed 400-15, and Jodey Arrington, Republican of Texas, voted Yea.
The committee report includes $160,000,000 for B-21 related infrastructure and facilities at Dyess Air Force Base, plus a $4,500,000 Dyess gate-repairs design project attributed to Arrington. It also recommends $450,288,099,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2027 and advance veterans medical-care appropriations.
The House passed H.R. 8469 on May 15, 2026; Arrington voted yea on the FY2027 military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill.
The committee report included $160 million for Dyess Air Force Base B-21 infrastructure and a $4.5 million Dyess gate-repairs design line item attributed to Arrington.
Assessments
Arrington took same-term, concrete legislative action toward the promise by voting for House passage of the FY2027 military construction and VA appropriations bill, which included Dyess Air Force Base infrastructure funding and veterans support. That shows real effort and partial fulfillment, but the evidence stops at House passage and committee action, not final enacted delivery, so the promise is not fully fulfilled.
Arrington took same-term federal legislative action toward the promise by voting for House passage of H.R. 8469, a FY2027 Military Construction and VA appropriations bill that included veterans funding and Dyess Air Force Base/Big Country defense infrastructure, including projects attributed to him. However, the evidence shows House passage and committee-report funding, not final enactment into law, so the promised outcome was materially advanced but not fully delivered.