WEBVTT - Rep. Jody Arrington Talks Texas Floods, Impact of Tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, Podcasts, Radio News.

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<v Speaker 2>This was scheduled and to be an interview of Joy

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the House, the Budget Committee and all. Jody

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<v Speaker 2>Errington is from the Texas that a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly Northerners, don't know. We fly into DFW. Maybe we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a wandering understanding of San Antoni and down to

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<v Speaker 2>the Mexican border, but the northern Texas of Abilene and

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<v Speaker 2>Delbert McClinton and Buddy Holly's Lubbock is just not talked about.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Errington is of the nineteenth district in the House

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<v Speaker 2>of Representatives and with the Budget Committee. Jody Errington, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much for joining Bloomberg.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, what a beautiful introduction. My folks in the food,

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<v Speaker 3>fuel and fiber capital of the world would be would

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<v Speaker 3>be very pleased and proud by that introduction.

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<v Speaker 2>It is three hundred some miles down eighty three south

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<v Speaker 2>to Kerrville. There's people making that drive today. This flood

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<v Speaker 2>has turned the nation upside down. Give us an update,

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<v Speaker 2>sir well.

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<v Speaker 3>It's unimaginably heart wrenching for the families who've lost, especially

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<v Speaker 3>their children overnight. A wall of river that rows almost

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<v Speaker 3>thirty feet in less than an hour. That area is

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<v Speaker 3>prone to flash floods. We have a ranch about three

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<v Speaker 3>miles up the road from Camp Mystic, which is at

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<v Speaker 3>the epicenter of this, but we've never seen anything like this.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know how you could prepare for it. But

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<v Speaker 3>we're all praying for that community and those families. And

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<v Speaker 3>there's still folks missing, and I know the governor's committed to,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, not ceasing the search and rescue until everybody's found.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Atlanta States Rise, It's Atlanta less federal. You had

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<v Speaker 2>a horrific winter storm. The s winter storms. Folks in

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<v Speaker 2>northern Texas are glacial. I mean they're they're like back

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<v Speaker 2>to the the ice Age. And the answer is, in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen twenty one, Loveock and Aveline was absolutely leveled and

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<v Speaker 2>you dialed one eight hundred FEMA to get assistance. Is

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<v Speaker 2>the FEMA of twenty twenty one the same as the

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<v Speaker 2>FEMA now?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I hope it's much improved, but I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 3>that's the case. I think the President's right to push

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<v Speaker 3>that down at the state, local level, not necessarily the

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<v Speaker 3>resources we're taxed on it one way or the other.

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<v Speaker 3>I just think folks at the local and state level

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<v Speaker 3>are probably best to handle it.

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<v Speaker 4>So Congressman talked to us about this legislation that is

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<v Speaker 4>a big success story for the Trumpet administration. I know

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<v Speaker 4>you had a big hand and it talked to us

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<v Speaker 4>about what this spending bill, of this tax bill, what

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<v Speaker 4>does it mean for this economy do you think going forward?

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's significant and it couldn't come at a

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<v Speaker 3>better time. I know there's some uncertainty with the tariff realignment.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that will work out in a very positive

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<v Speaker 3>way when we get these new deals and they we

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<v Speaker 3>have reciprocal trade relationships with folks, so I'm supportive of that.

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<v Speaker 3>In the meantime, we have supercharged the growth that we

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<v Speaker 3>saw from the first Trump tax cuts by making permanent,

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<v Speaker 3>for example, business expensing for R and D, capital interest expensing,

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<v Speaker 3>the pro growth provisions there. And then just tax relief

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<v Speaker 3>to working families, not just the marginal rates, but improving

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<v Speaker 3>the standard deduction and making it permanent. And then of

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<v Speaker 3>course there are several working working man provisions, tax on tips,

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<v Speaker 3>no tax on overtime. Families with children get a supercharge

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<v Speaker 3>of child deduction.

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<v Speaker 4>How does it impact maybe people in your district, some

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<v Speaker 4>a rural district for example. Does the folks in your

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<v Speaker 4>district are they here on Global Wallstery Here at bloomber

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<v Speaker 4>we talked tariffs all day every day. Did the people

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<v Speaker 4>in your district did they think about that or how

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<v Speaker 4>did they think about some of them issues that you're

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<v Speaker 4>trying to address in your bill and maybe the President's

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<v Speaker 4>trying to address with tariffs.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, on the bill, it's just more money in their

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<v Speaker 3>in their pockets, right, That's a good thing for them

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<v Speaker 3>and they recognize it. On the on the other piece,

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<v Speaker 3>you got ag and energy dominate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean it.

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<v Speaker 3>Is the largest oil patch and cattle feeder system and

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<v Speaker 3>in the world. And so they understand unfair trade, they

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<v Speaker 3>understand that it's not sustainable. And I think they're all

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<v Speaker 3>in to support this president getting to that even competitive

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<v Speaker 3>playing field.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking for folks with this.

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<v Speaker 2>Judy Arrington here from Texas were thrillies with us in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteenth Congressional district of Northern Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I look at you. You slipped by in.

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<v Speaker 2>The last election, you win eighty percent of the vote.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they gotta do better next time. The President

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<v Speaker 2>took Texas with fifty six percent. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>you know off the top of your head what he

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<v Speaker 2>took in the nineteenth congressional little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so we're going to get him up there. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But the bottom line is, at least they had this

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<v Speaker 2>for Michael Barr. Today, student loans are going to affect

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<v Speaker 2>Texas Tech. They're gonna affect your Texas Tech. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you balance the Trump mantra of tear the federal government

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<v Speaker 2>apart with those eight hundred and forty two kids at

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<v Speaker 2>Texas Tech. They can't go there this fall. I'm making

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<v Speaker 2>it up, folks, they can't go there this fall because

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<v Speaker 2>of the student loan shifts he's proposing.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I think the fact that we have all of

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<v Speaker 3>this student aid and not targeted necessarily the people who

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<v Speaker 3>need it, I think is an inflation area, has an

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<v Speaker 3>inflation effect on the cost of education. I'm a former

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<v Speaker 3>vice chancellor at Texas Tech. That's my alma mater.

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<v Speaker 2>And the larger they do with the walk on football players,

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<v Speaker 2>they give him like a fancy job.

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<v Speaker 1>What was it like when you walk down? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>with Patrick Mahomes on the field, when you walked down,

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<v Speaker 1>I would never have a chance.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't even catch the balls that he throws today.

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<v Speaker 3>This was under the Spike Dyke's era, where just about

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<v Speaker 3>anybody in their body you could fog, a mirror could

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<v Speaker 3>walk on and and in fact, I didn't play football

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<v Speaker 3>in high school. And when the recruiter asked me when

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<v Speaker 3>we sat down right before my physical, he said, what

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<v Speaker 3>did you play in high school? I said tennis? And

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<v Speaker 3>he thought, old man, I want to see this question.

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<v Speaker 1>Cowboys are chiefs, you know what.

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<v Speaker 3>Cowboys over the chiefs. But I'm a college football guy.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not really interested. And we're losing that uniqueness in

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<v Speaker 3>college sports because of Aniela another conversation, I think we're destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>Another D one powerhouse, Duke Cole.

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<v Speaker 4>One of the key topics and key issues for President

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<v Speaker 4>Trump and in his election was immigration. You come from

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<v Speaker 4>a state that is boy, that is right on the

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<v Speaker 4>front lines of immigration. How do the folks in your

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<v Speaker 4>district think about it? I mean a lot of these

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<v Speaker 4>folks that come over, they pick our agric culture, they

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<v Speaker 4>build our homes, they do all that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>They bust our tables.

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<v Speaker 4>How do people in your district think about it?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>I think they appreciate the fact that we don't have

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<v Speaker 3>Americans that would do the jobs that are needed in

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<v Speaker 3>the fields, as you mentioned in agriculture. Probably the same

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<v Speaker 3>could be said in the in the oil patch. But

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<v Speaker 3>I think they first and foremost wanted security and from

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<v Speaker 3>a return to law and order from the chaos. It's

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<v Speaker 3>been devastating and I'm just there with law enforcement. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>telling you, the gangs, the drug activity exponential over the

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<v Speaker 3>last four years.

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<v Speaker 1>So in order to.

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<v Speaker 3>Have the conversation that we need to have about legal

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<v Speaker 3>immigration and making sure we have a win win situation

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<v Speaker 3>with people who want a better life and filling the

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<v Speaker 3>jobs that we need to produce the food, fuel, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Fiber, we had to do.

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<v Speaker 3>We needed a president with the will to do what

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<v Speaker 3>has been done by this president in terms of border security,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's more to be done on the legal side

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<v Speaker 3>so that we can continue to facilitate the economic.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, including agriculture, which is a small matter from ablee.

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<v Speaker 1>To love it to cut to the chase.

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<v Speaker 2>Henrietta Tree's Beautiful Analyst was on earlier and says they're

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<v Speaker 2>almost hiding the president's langeductedness because Jody Arrington has to

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<v Speaker 2>get re elected in November of twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your Republican.

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<v Speaker 2>Party in particularly the Texas delegation look like after President Trump?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this like a moment you guys shift back to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, hating Lynden Bans Johnson, or you know, what.

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<v Speaker 1>Does the framework look like after Trump?

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<v Speaker 3>I think President Trump's philosophy and focus on America First

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<v Speaker 3>is here to stay. I think it's here to stay

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<v Speaker 3>for all the right reasons, and I think it resonates

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<v Speaker 3>with all the Republican districts, certainly in Texas. I mean

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<v Speaker 3>it's a ruby red state, and so putting our ag

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<v Speaker 3>producers for in trade, putting our families first, in allowing

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<v Speaker 3>them to keep more of their money, putting the safety

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<v Speaker 3>of our families first. Again, we've been at ground zero

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<v Speaker 3>in this border crisis for several years now.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think it.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it remains the America First agenda into the future,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think that's a good thing, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>they will support that.

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<v Speaker 1>Does he understand H two A program and dairy farms.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he does. I think he does.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, he's the one that led and did that

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<v Speaker 3>well in the first Trump administration. You'll recall he actually

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<v Speaker 3>pushed our party to a deal in fixing.

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<v Speaker 1>H two A.

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<v Speaker 3>It was called H two C.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a reform.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a much improved reform along with giving legal

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<v Speaker 3>status to Dhaka. He pushed our party outside of our comfort.

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<v Speaker 3>It failed ultimately because we didn't get a Democrat.

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<v Speaker 1>To support it.

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<v Speaker 2>We continue with Jody Arrington of the nineteenth Congressionalistic This

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<v Speaker 2>is Northern Texas. Paul did an all night or Friday

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<v Speaker 2>and Saturday. Did you watch all A land Man?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm all in.

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<v Speaker 1>I know everything you know about oil and gas When

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<v Speaker 1>you see Landman? Is it fiction? No?

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's pretty true to form, actually for better

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<v Speaker 3>for worse.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's funny when you think about Texas and energy.

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<v Speaker 4>Obviously you think about the oil and gas, but you

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<v Speaker 4>guys also have tons of wind farms and solar and

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<v Speaker 4>you kind of lead the nation all of those things.

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<v Speaker 4>So how does the folks out in your tentstry? How

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<v Speaker 4>did they think about, you know, fossil fuels versus you know,

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<v Speaker 4>alternative energy? I guess is the term? How did they

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<v Speaker 4>think about that?

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<v Speaker 3>I think most folks are for all the above. I

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<v Speaker 3>just think it's how you get there. Accelerating R and

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<v Speaker 3>D for example, where we accelerate the amortization, we make

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<v Speaker 3>that expensing immediate and permanent in this tax bill, as

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<v Speaker 3>long as it's technology neutral. I don't think they want

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<v Speaker 3>the government picking winners and losers. I think they see

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<v Speaker 3>the the good that could come of renewable resources in

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<v Speaker 3>the future. Obviously fossil is finite, but after the natural

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<v Speaker 3>gas shale revolution, we have an ocean of this great resource,

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<v Speaker 3>and so we don't want a distortion. We don't want

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<v Speaker 3>regressive inflationary energy policies. We want it even playing field.

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<v Speaker 3>But no one's averse to all the above, including renewable.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just how aggressive we've been a at accelerating with

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<v Speaker 3>tax benefits for renewable while b over the last four

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<v Speaker 3>years being hostile to our bread and butter, which has

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<v Speaker 3>put a lot of people on the defensive.

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<v Speaker 2>Question, how do you respond in the bill that Paul

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned that the huge benefit goes to the wealthy. Granted

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<v Speaker 2>the wealthy on a percentage basis or paying a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of taxes. How the middle class of Lubbock and Abolene

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<v Speaker 2>fair in this bill.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they believe and have experienced that the value

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<v Speaker 3>of the tax breaks that we extended from the first

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<v Speaker 3>Trump administration in seventeen are greater among the lower and

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<v Speaker 3>middle income folks than the upper up income, and in fact,

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<v Speaker 3>the top one percent pay a greater share.

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<v Speaker 1>And in fact, the top ten.

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<v Speaker 3>Percent of the income earners in the country paid seventy

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<v Speaker 3>percent of all the federal bills. Now they pay seventy

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<v Speaker 3>five percent.

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<v Speaker 2>You're in a Paul mentioned this earlier. You're in a house.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys are riding tall.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you lose House Senate president here over the next.

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<v Speaker 2>Two four years ago. What's your response to how the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats have been so ineffective off of the election. You

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<v Speaker 2>barely won the House. We witnessed that, you barely won

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate. Good morning, Vice President Advance, we witnessed, we

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<v Speaker 2>witnessed that. I mean, are you surprised that the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>can't get.

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<v Speaker 1>Their act together?

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<v Speaker 3>I am.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm in the land of Anne Richards. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>she was iconic. I am.

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<v Speaker 3>They are still wondering why.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they're so used to being against President Trump

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<v Speaker 3>and making demonizing him that that has become And then

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<v Speaker 3>you've got the left that has overpowered their party to

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<v Speaker 3>the point that it's going to be really difficult to

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<v Speaker 3>break free from their agenda that is disconnected from mainstream Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are you in New York?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm here to tell the good news, the gospel

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<v Speaker 3>of prosperity and security and opportunity that is going to

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<v Speaker 3>come when you get the right policies and set the

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<v Speaker 3>right conditions. We've done it, and I want people to

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<v Speaker 3>know that help is on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>If we do a remote from Abilene all we're the

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<v Speaker 2>Luke cass I love Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>This guy knows his Texas. He knows his Texas. No height, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you're welcoed anytime.

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<v Speaker 2>Jody, thank you so much for joining us Today's with

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<v Speaker 2>the nineteenth District, the Real Texas and Delbert McClinton and

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<v Speaker 2>one Buddy Holly from years ago. Jody Arrington, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>so much