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{{cquote|I wouldn't say party regularity enters into it so much on the Appropriations Committee. On some other committees it might. But we're the no-spend party. I like to say we have more fiscal responsibility than the other party, so the people on our side are all that way. Usually we have no way of knowing whether he [a candidate for the Committee] would be a spender. Of course, if we knew that someone was inclined to spend money and was opposed to everything the Republican Party stood for in that way, why we wouldn't put him on the Appropriations Committee.}}
In 1965, Arends was targeted for defeat for his post as the House Republican Whip by [[New Jersey]] colleague Peter Frelinghuysen.<ref name=wapo/> His fellow conservative colleague [[Charles A. Halleck]] had just been unseated by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Gerald Ford]] from the House Republican Leader position, which was due to backlash against Halleck's leadership following significant defeats in the 1964 elections.However, Arends ultimately maintained his position by eleven votes.<ref name=wapo/>
A member of the House Armed Services Committee, Arends defended the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in March 1964 against critics.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/27/archives/arends-defends-cia-against-critics.html Arends Defends C.I.A. Against Critics]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 13, 2021.</ref>
