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Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jodey Arrington talks details about One Big Beautiful Bill Act at Summit in San Angelo
House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Lubbock, participated in the West Texas Legislative Summit on Tuesday, July 29. Arrington was interviewed by U.S. Rep. August Pfluger, R-San Angelo, about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The act, legislation authored by Arrington, delivers investment in border security and national defense, tax cuts for families and small businesses, a commitment to unlocking America's energy resources, and much more. "We started developing a plan to make sure that people's taxes are lower, American energy dominance can continue, make sure our farmers and ranchers have the price loss coverage adjustments," Pfluger said. "I believe this region is going to benefit massively from the legislation." Arrington talked about the behind-the-scenes of the bill at the annual summit. "This bill is a big beautiful win for West Texas," Arrington said. "It unleashes American energy dominance, delivers the largest tax cuts to small businesses and working families, secures the border, strengthens our military, defends the 2nd Amendment, bolsters rural healthcare, supports family farms, and accomplishes all this while delivering the largest spending reduction in American history by two-fold." Arrington spoke about the savings that America garnered and where the country is in debt and deficits. "We cut 1.5 trillion dollars in wasteful spending in the people's government - that hasn't happened ever," he said. "Here's the most unfair thing about it all, that 36 trillion in debt, that 2 trillion we had to borrow, pay a 7 trillion dollar federal budget, that 1 trillion in interest just to service the debt, will be a tax on our children. They're going to pay this one way or another. When we increase deficit spending, we're just deferring the tax on our children. This is the first significant step to get us back on track. We are breaking this cycle where we're borrowing and spending faster than we're growing the economy." Arrington also spoke on other topics within the bill, including agriculture, health care, oil and gas, the border and more. "This country has gotten upside down and it's time to turn it right side up," he said. "It's time to get us back on the path of reasonableness, common sense and taxpayer stewardship." Arrington commended Pfluger for his work in his position. "I wouldn't have been able to do the things that I needed to do to lock in all these policies if it weren't for my wingman August Pfluger," he said. "It worked out perfectly because you sent us the right guy to represent West Texas. "God bless America, our best days are ahead of us." More: Bare hands on food: San Angelo weekly restaurant inspections More: San Angelo READS, pop-up event happening Friday This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: Jodey Arrington, August Pfluger discuss One Big Beautiful Bill Act Solve the daily Crossword
USA Today
14-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Ex-NFL LB calls Jared Goff 'soft' for Rams trade comments
A former NFL linebacker isn't happy with how Jared Goff reacted to his 2021 trade from the Los Angeles Rams to the Detroit Lions. Goff said on an episode of the Netflix show "Quarterback" that he felt blindsided and betrayed by the move and also questioned the Rams' maturity for their handling of the trade. That didn't sit right with LaVar Arrington, who called Goff a "soft mother F'er" for how those comments. "Quarterbacks must have an alternate reality than other players," Arrington said on Fox Sports Radio. "You felt you were 'blindsided' by it? That happens to players every day. 'You felt like you weren't wanted? They didn't want you. That's why they traded you. If they wanted you, you wouldn't be traded. So you felt like, what, that you were blindsided by it? That happens to players every single day.' Arrington played seven seasons in the NFL from 2000 to 2006. He played for six of those years for Washington before he finished his career with the New York Giants. The implication by Arrington is that Goff reacted too emotionally when the franchise that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2016 traded him away five years later without much communication. And, that this happens so frequently that Goff shouldn't have been too surprised by it. But you can't fault a quarterback for feeling a certain way when such a huge move like this goes down. Funny enough, both Goff and the Rams have since looked pretty good apart from each other. L.A. won a Super Bowl the same year they traded Goff for Matthew Stafford and have been perennial contenders ever since. Goff and the Lions, meanwhile, have been one of the best in the league for the past three seasons and once again heading into 2025.
Politico
08-07-2025
- Business
- Politico
Wedding bells for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington says Republicans shouldn't give up on advancing certain priorities that were cut out of their 'big, beautiful bill' for not complying with Senate rules, telling reporters Tuesday that lawmakers will try again in follow-up budget reconciliation packages. 'There may be a longer list of things that were kicked out by the Senate parliamentarian as non-compliant with the Byrd rule — I think we should make another run at that and look for ways to structure the provisions so that it's more fundamentally budgetary in impact and policy,' the Texas Republican said during the press call Tuesday afternoon. 'I suspect that's why they were kicked out.' The so-called Byrd rule limits what provisions can be included in a bill moving through Congress through the reconciliation process, which allows lawmakers to skirt the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate. Arrington specifically pointed to one provision stripped in the Senate from the House-passed megabill that would have prohibited Medicaid coverage for gender affirming surgeries, and another that would have banned noncitizens from tapping into Medicaid resources. 'I think those — we need to spend more time' crafting the provisions to pass muster with the parliamentarian, Arrington said. 'I don't think we spent enough time to look for a pathway to success on them, and that's sort of the landscape, as I see it, of the opportunities in another reconciliation bill.' Echoing Speaker Mike Johnson 's recent comments, Arrington said he suspects GOP leaders will attempt to do two more party-line packages in the 119th Congress, with the next one slated for the fall. Arrington added members would likely demand that those additional measures be drafted under circumstances where both chambers adhere to the same budget framework, avoiding a repeat of the most recent scenario where House and Senate Republicans each gave their committees different deficit reduction targets. He lamented the fact that the Senate did not comply with the House's aggressive instructions for writing iits version of the megabill, but credited fiscal hawks for helping secure $1.5 trillion in savings in a final product, and noted that it was not 'feasible' to expect the full magnitude of cost savings would be acheived in a single reconciliation bill — 'politically, at least.' As it currently stands, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend, is 'front loaded with costs and back-end loaded with savings,' which Arrington said should compel Republicans to make sure the administration follows through in 'mak[ing] sure the savings actually happen.' 'That was a concern among conservative budget hawks,' Arrington said. 'When I think about the Budget Committee's role going forward, one of the things that we need to do … is keep the pressure on the Senate, on the House and the administration to be diligent in implementation and enforcement.'
Politico
08-07-2025
- Business
- Politico
Senate Judiciary eyes next week for votes on two contentious judicial nominees
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington says Republicans shouldn't give up on advancing certain priorities that were cut out of their 'big, beautiful bill' for not complying with Senate rules, telling reporters Tuesday that lawmakers will try again in follow-up budget reconciliation packages. 'There may be a longer list of things that were kicked out by the Senate parliamentarian as non-compliant with the Byrd rule — I think we should make another run at that and look for ways to structure the provisions so that it's more fundamentally budgetary in impact and policy,' the Texas Republican said during the press call Tuesday afternoon. 'I suspect that's why they were kicked out.' The so-called Byrd rule limits what provisions can be included in a bill moving through Congress through the reconciliation process, which allows lawmakers to skirt the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate. Arrington specifically pointed to one provision stripped in the Senate from the House-passed megabill that would have prohibited Medicaid coverage for gender affirming surgeries, and another that would have banned noncitizens from tapping into Medicaid resources. 'I think those — we need to spend more time' crafting the provisions to pass muster with the parliamentarian, Arrington said. 'I don't think we spent enough time to look for a pathway to success on them, and that's sort of the landscape, as I see it, of the opportunities in another reconciliation bill.' Echoing Speaker Mike Johnson 's recent comments, Arrington said he suspects GOP leaders will attempt to do two more party-line packages in the 119th Congress, with the next one slated for the fall. Arrington added members would likely demand that those additional measures be drafted under circumstances where both chambers adhere to the same budget framework, avoiding a repeat of the most recent scenario where House and Senate Republicans each gave their committees different deficit reduction targets. He lamented the fact that the Senate did not comply with the House's aggressive instructions for writing iits version of the megabill, but credited fiscal hawks for helping secure $1.5 trillion in savings in a final product, and noted that it was not 'feasible' to expect the full magnitude of cost savings would be acheived in a single reconciliation bill — 'politically, at least.' As it currently stands, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend, is 'front loaded with costs and back-end loaded with savings,' which Arrington said should compel Republicans to make sure the administration follows through in 'mak[ing] sure the savings actually happen.' 'That was a concern among conservative budget hawks,' Arrington said. 'When I think about the Budget Committee's role going forward, one of the things that we need to do … is keep the pressure on the Senate, on the House and the administration to be diligent in implementation and enforcement.'
Politico
08-07-2025
- Business
- Politico
Senate GOP preps vote on the first judge of the second Trump era
House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington says Republicans shouldn't give up on advancing certain priorities that were cut out of their 'big, beautiful bill' for not complying with Senate rules, telling reporters Tuesday that lawmakers will try again in follow-up budget reconciliation packages. 'There may be a longer list of things that were kicked out by the Senate parliamentarian as non-compliant with the Byrd rule — I think we should make another run at that and look for ways to structure the provisions so that it's more fundamentally budgetary in impact and policy,' the Texas Republican said during the press call Tuesday afternoon. 'I suspect that's why they were kicked out.' The so-called Byrd rule limits what provisions can be included in a bill moving through Congress through the reconciliation process, which allows lawmakers to skirt the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate. Arrington specifically pointed to one provision stripped in the Senate from the House-passed megabill that would have prohibited Medicaid coverage for gender affirming surgeries, and another that would have banned noncitizens from tapping into Medicaid resources. 'I think those — we need to spend more time' crafting the provisions to pass muster with the parliamentarian, Arrington said. 'I don't think we spent enough time to look for a pathway to success on them, and that's sort of the landscape, as I see it, of the opportunities in another reconciliation bill.' Echoing Speaker Mike Johnson 's recent comments, Arrington said he suspects GOP leaders will attempt to do two more party-line packages in the 119th Congress, with the next one slated for the fall. Arrington added members would likely demand that those additional measures be drafted under circumstances where both chambers adhere to the same budget framework, avoiding a repeat of the most recent scenario where House and Senate Republicans each gave their committees different deficit reduction targets. He lamented the fact that the Senate did not comply with the House's aggressive instructions for writing iits version of the megabill, but credited fiscal hawks for helping secure $1.5 trillion in savings in a final product, and noted that it was not 'feasible' to expect the full magnitude of cost savings would be acheived in a single reconciliation bill — 'politically, at least.' As it currently stands, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend, is 'front loaded with costs and back-end loaded with savings,' which Arrington said should compel Republicans to make sure the administration follows through in 'mak[ing] sure the savings actually happen.' 'That was a concern among conservative budget hawks,' Arrington said. 'When I think about the Budget Committee's role going forward, one of the things that we need to do … is keep the pressure on the Senate, on the House and the administration to be diligent in implementation and enforcement.'
