Congressman highlights tax, housing and banking priorities and warns of TSA strain during shutdown
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The congressman credited recent federal tax and regulatory changes with boosting family incomes, cited a housing measure that won broad House support, urged support for community banking and flagged a painful 42-day shutdown that hurt TSA and air-traffic workers.
The congressman told interviewers that a recent law signed by the president will raise real wages this year, citing measures such as an expanded child tax credit and changes to deductions that he estimated could amount to about $10,000 for a family of four in Arkansas.
He said those supply-side measures, along with regulatory relief and a housing bill he described as receiving broad House support this week, would lower costs and stimulate the economy. He also stressed support for community banks — which he said make about 60% of home loans — and cited earlier work on digital assets and crypto policy that he said drew bipartisan backing.
When asked whether the government might shut down, the congressman said he hoped not and described the recent 42-day funding lapse as “so hard on my TSA agents in Little Rock” and on air-traffic controllers. He praised actions by someone he named as Tom Holman to consolidate ICE and CBP operations in Minneapolis, adopt body cameras and improve training, and he urged maintaining homeland security funding so those operations can continue.
The interview ended with the congressman saying congressional hearings sometimes become heated but are how the public and elected officials try to find solutions.