Neil Larrimore

Philly born & bred. AZ & KC in the blood.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza, describing ongoing killings despite the ceasefire.

[Badalamenti Design Co @paulbadalamenti]

@BarDown @espn Does anyone know how fast that slapshot actually was?! Im going to say at least a zillion mph.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

@US_OGA chose violence today 🤣

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

Good evening @RepRoKhanna. We hope you had a nice Saturday.

Several people have requested we comment on your post. We will quickly before we take Mrs. USOGA out for date night.

First - like you, we hope this war will end soon and things will return to normal. Until then - things will be what they will be.

But high gas prices in your district aren’t “Trump’s war”—they’re Sacramento’s doing.

California drivers pay nearly double the national average in state taxes, plus cap-and-trade, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, unique reformulated gasoline, refinery limits, and geographic isolation that blocks cheap imports.

That adds $1.00–$1.78+ over the U.S. average.

Here is our suggestion. Your proposed windfall profits tax will do nothing to bring relief to your overtaxed and underappreciated constituents.

Instead -suspend those state-level taxes first and bring California prices in line with the national average.

Put your state bureaucracy on a diet. They could stand to shed a few pounds.

Encourage California domestic oil and gas production and expand your refinery capacity instead of shutting it down.

Stand up to your Governor. You know he is wrong and you can be on the right side of things

And let's talk windfall profits tax.

They don't work. While you don't call it a windfall profits tax, California recently passed one and called it a "wealth tax" now you see high net worth individuals fleeing your state.

History proves it backfires.

The 1980 Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax cut domestic production 1–8% (hundreds of millions of barrels lost), boosted imports 3–13%, raised far less revenue than projected after deductions, created massive bureaucracy, and was repealed in 1988 because it discouraged supply exactly when America needed more.

That in turn led us to depend even more on Middle East imports for another 20 years right up until the shale revolution occurred. Kind of like how California is dependent on imports now.

Your repeated sponsorship of a new Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act would repeat the exact same mistake—shrinking U.S. output and raising costs.

Crude exports? They expand global supply, narrow price spreads (WTI-Brent) which is exerts downward pressure on world prices.

It is directly helping allies in Europe and Asia counter China's skirting sanctions and colluding with Iran to purchase crude at huge discounts.

Restricting exports would tighten markets, spike costs everywhere—including here—and hurt the consumers you claim to protect.

Finally we must also point out that
your voting record shows consistent opposition to our industry you want to tax. For example, you:

Voted against leasing more public lands and waters for oil drilling (2023, Roll Call 23).

Voted against reversing land-management protections to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling—multiple times, including 2025 Roll Call 295 and earlier efforts to halt ANWR development.

Opposed critical oil and gas leasing reforms and fast-tracking fossil-fuel infrastructure (2024 Roll Call 95; 2025 votes undermining LNG authority and blocking fracking bans).

Voted NO on NDAA provisions that would expedite oil/gas permitting (2022–2023).

You have a 99% lifetime League of Conservation Voters score—near-perfect opposition to domestic energy exploration, production and leasing.

You’ve led hearings attacking us and sponsored bills to repeal industry tax provisions.

Fine—own that record.

But please stop shifting blame to “Trump’s war” or federal policy while California’s own choices keep your constituents paying the highest pump prices in America.

Real relief comes from more American supply + streamlined permitting, not recycled 1980s taxes or more restrictions.

Energy abundance, not rhetoric, lowers prices and bolsters U.S. and allied security.

Mrs. USOGA has instructed us to put the phone away so we will do that.

Have a good weekend.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

@Breaking911 Who are the senators who voted “no”?

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

This is great. I’m all for it.
But first ALL of the Senate needs to get their partisan heads out of their butts and get TSA funded again.

And don’t just blame the Republicans. That’s BS. This is childish antics on BOTH sides, truly harming the American people.

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

For over a month, TSA agents have been showing up to work without a paycheck, keeping our airports safe while Republicans play games.

I just introduced a bill to give TSA agents a 10% bonus when DHS reopens. If you work without pay, you deserve real compensation.

https://t.co/bIosc1NoLa

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

I hope that @AmericanAir @SouthwestAir @united @SpiritAirlines @FlyFrontier @JetBlue @AlaskaAir @HawaiianAir and the others follow @Delta ‘s lead here.

[Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews]

BREAKING - Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is receiving nationwide applause after stripping members of Congress of their special priority privileges in response to the Democrat led shutdown, calling it an “inexcusable” use of TSA agents as political chips.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

Good!

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Delta Air Lines is suspending special services it usually offers to members of Congress as passengers at some airports wait for hours in security screening lines during the partial U.S. government shutdown.

https://t.co/TA0Vb5pfJ0

[KTAR News 92.3 @KTAR923]

"Immediately fund TSA. Immediately fund all the other agencies in the Department of Homeland Security, and we can have these ongoing discussions about ICE. One should not be leveraged off of the other," @RepGregStanton says. "TSA agents should be paid today."

🎥: KTAR News reporter @balin_om

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

If this is true then the Republicans are just as guilty as the Dems in this stupid TSA fiasco. THIS BS is the reason I’m an independent. The Republican Party left me, so I left it.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

President Trump urged Republicans not to make a deal to end the partial government shutdown unless Democrats back his voter ID bill, the SAVE America Act. Markets surged on Monday after Trump postponed a threatened strike on Iranian energy infrastructure.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

I’d much rather you take care of the TSA and border security.

Get the TSA funded then handle this. Priorities.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

If you’re writing the laws, you shouldn’t be playing the market. This is basic stuff. I have a bill that finally bans members of Congress from trading stocks. No loopholes. No exceptions.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

Hey. @RubenGallego @SenMarkKelly… speaking as an Independent voter in Phoenix. It’s time to either end this #GovernmentShutdown completely or at least IMMEDIATELY fund the @TSA.

This partisan game playing BS has gone on too long. Do your part to end it. Please.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

And yet… STILL better than RI

[Apple Lamps @lamps_apple]

Come take a drive through Massachusetts. The potholes in this state are so deep, so massive, so absolutely destructive that your stomach drops like you just went off a cliff. Your life flashes before your eyes... the whole thing... every moment... and you haven't even left your neighborhood yet.

You drop into one of these craters and your hood nosedives straight down... pointed right at the pits of hell... and you're gaining speed, praying, wondering if this is how it ends. Then somehow you scrape across the bottom and slam into the other side, and now your car is violently lurching upward trying to claw its way out, hood shooting ninety degrees vertical, pointing straight at the full moon like you're about to leave the atmosphere. The whole car finally comes crashing back down on the pavement and you're just sitting there... shaking... checking to make sure your spine is still connected.

How my tires have survived this year is honestly a miracle. A blessing from the man upstairs. Nobody can explain it. The roads are a disaster. A total disaster. And somehow we just keep driving on them like it's normal. It's not normal.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

The @AZCardinals are masters of clutching mediocrity right from the hands of mediocrity!

[ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk]

The Cardinals reportedly pivoted to Gardner Minshew on Monday after talks with Jimmy Garoppolo "hit a snag." https://t.co/ctAiiyeZ4I

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

For QB2 right?

RIGHT?!?!?

[NFL @NFL]

Cardinals signing QB Gardner Minshew to one-year, $5.75M deal worth up to $8.25M. (via @tompelissero)

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

@thePTtv40 @Eagles Wish I could be there! Just not in the cards, sadly.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

@BoBrack @Tua @AZCardinals Or maybe @KirkCousins8 Oof.

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

@BoBrack Welp…. There’s always @Tua for the @AZCardinals … 👀😬

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

Why do Democrats now universally condemn what achieves a top, longstanding Democratic priority?

[Neil Larrimore @nlarrimore]

Ngl. I like @SenFettermanPA more and more every day…

I wish @kyrstensinema was still my Senator in AZ.

Need more like them.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

Let’s see who grieves for that garbage.