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House Budget Chairman Jody Arrington: prioritize debt reduction, not $2,000 tariff rebate checks
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House Budget Committee Chairman Jody Arrington said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised budget "hawks" at a private meeting with House Republicans and argued lawmakers should focus on paying down the national debt rather than sending $2,000 tariff rebate checks; he also called for an independent audit of the Congressional Budget Office and reacted to a Texas redistricting ruling.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jody Arrington said a private meeting with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and House Republicans underscored GOP priorities of fiscal restraint and pro-growth policies, and he urged lawmakers to prioritize paying down the national debt rather than approving $2,000 tariff rebate checks.
"What we ought to do is keep paying down the debt," Arrington said in the interview, citing a national debt figure he described as "38,000,000,000,000" and arguing that reducing borrowing will ease pressure on private investment. He added that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commended "the work of a lot of budget hawks" who…
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