Jodey Arrington

Expected position: Arrington has championed a bipartisan fiscal commission to address the national debt, which critics call a 'death panel' for Social Security and Medicare. Given his 2016 comment that it takes 'courage' to cut Social Security and his district's median age of 33.7 — meaning younger workers are paying into programs whose benefits Arrington has endorsed cutting — constituents would expect clarity on his position. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Arrington held multiple Budget Committee hearings on creating a fiscal commission in this period and was quoted by the Free Library endorsing an increase in the Medicare and Social Security eligibility age. During a March 2024 Budget Committee markup, Democrats proposed amendments to protect Social Security and Medicare; every Republican voted them down. Arrington has not directly addressed the 'death panel' characterization or explained how raising the eligibility age serves his working-class constituents. Primary URL: https://radiofree.asia/2024/03/07/republicans-vote-to-advance-budget-with-trump-arrington-death-panel-for-social-security/

Expected position: As author of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a representative of a district with 16% poverty and tens of thousands of Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries, Arrington would be expected to explain how deep cuts to these programs are consistent with constituent well-being. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Arrington was heavily active in this period — introducing H.R. 1 on May 20, 2025, participating in an RSC fireside chat with August Pfluger on August 6, 2025 touting the bill as 'a WIN for West Texas,' and issuing multiple statements on fiscal responsibility. Yet he never publicly addressed the CBO estimate that millions would lose health coverage, the Meals on Wheels director's warning that the cuts would 'deeply affect them,' or how his constituents would fare under the tightened SNAP work requirements. He framed the bill exclusively in terms of tax relief and fiscal discipline. Primary URL: https://rsc-pfluger.house.gov/news/email/show.aspx?ID=XBQV67H67RH6RJZBHZB3K5TIZA

Making America Prosperous PAC, Gridiron-PAC, Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC, Building America'S Republican Representation PAC, In The Arena PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $10,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs