Chairman Arrington Champions “One Big Beautiful Bill” on The Ben Shapiro Show
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) joined The Daily Wire’s The Ben Shapiro Show to discuss the next steps in the budget reconciliation process, which will unlock President Trump’s full America First agenda, as well as the President’s strategic implementation of reciprocal tariffs to restore fairness in U.S. trade relationships.
Watch Chairman Arrington’s full interview with Ben Shapiro HERE.
Find highlights of key moments below.
Chairman Arrington on the Opportunities Within Budget Reconciliation:
“We've got to get back, transition from unbridled spending and failed economic policies to this agenda— most of which is wrapped up in this budget reconciliation bill. We need to lock in the low taxes. We certainly can’t have $400 billion tax hikes in the first year, which would send us into a recession.
“We can’t add 22 percent on average of a tax hike on tax-paying Americans after Biden inflation, which was about a 20 percent regressive tax hike. That’s in there. Opening up energy production, deregulating the economy, work incentives, investment in military and border security, all in there.
“That’s why it’s one big, beautiful bill, right? That is the full America First agenda, for the most part, and the most consequential piece of legislation in my lifetime, Ben.”
Chairman Arrington on President Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs:
“We just need a level playing field for manufacturers, for farmers, and for our workers. And I think that’s a pretty basic principle that we should rally around the President for.
“We’ve had our manufacturing and industrial base hollowed out over the years. We’ve suppressed worker wages in this country. We’ve left economic activity and growth on the table, all because we’ve allowed other countries to take advantage of our low barriers to entry or access to our markets, while they have used tariffs and a lot of non-tariff barriers to effectively tax our products going into their markets.
“So, this reset’s important. There will be pain and some disruption on the front end, but in the long run we have to do it. And the big piece of this, that is probably underestimated and undervalued, is our dependence on other countries for drugs, for computer chips, and other important products and materials for our national security or public safety. So, all in all, this will be a huge boon to this economy, and critical to our national security. Trump has to stay the course. We have to support him, and I’m all in.”
Chairman Arrington on Reducing Waste and Abuse in Medicaid:
“We have to put actual expectations for work-capable adults in these programs, like in Medicaid. If you just reviewed the rolls—this is a basic program integrity measure that everybody can understand—if you review the rolls and make sure that those benefiting are legally eligible, that they're not here illegally in this country, or that they aren’t eligible for other reasons, then you save $160 billion. Just reviewing it twice versus once.”
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Find Chairman Arrington’s recent interviews on CBS News and NewsNation HERE.
