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The Committee on Ways and Means, the oldest tax-writing body in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1789, shapes fiscal legislation including taxes, tariffs, and social service programs. Its notable influence is underscored by numerous members who have risen to prominent national offices, including Presidents and Supreme Court Justices.
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President Trump Signs Ways and Means Bill Helping Victims of Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan Ways and Means legislation extending tax deadlines for victims of natural disasters is now law after President…
December 30, 2025Ways & Means Committee Delivered Historic Tax Relief for Working Families in 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2025, the Ways and Means Committee delivered historic tax relief for workers, families, farmers, and small…
December 29, 2025Smith: Republicans Prioritizing, Transforming Rural Health Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) established as part of the Republican-enacted Working Families…
December 29, 2025Ways & Means Committee Fought Corruption & Protected Taxpayer Rights in 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2025, the Ways and Means Committee held accountable tax-exempt organizations engaged in illegal or unethical activity,…
December 23, 2025Smith: “Pro-worker, pro-small business policies are already producing stronger economic growth.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. Bureau of…
December 23, 2025Ways & Means Committee Prioritized Lowering Health Care Costs, Support for Seniors, & Protections for Children & Families in 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2025, the Ways and Means Committee prioritized solutions that will expand access, lower the cost, and…
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🚨ICYMI: Iowa will receive $209 MILLION in funding for rural hospitals and rural healthcare in 2026 alone.
This was made possible by the Working Families Tax Cuts that I helped write and President Trump signed into law.
This is a huge win for rural Iowa!
In 2025, under @HouseGOP leadership, we delivered historic tax relief for families, secured our nation’s open border, cracked down on crime & began getting our economy back on track..and we’re just getting started!
Before our @HouseGOP Working Family Tax Cuts, families in Ohio faced the largest tax increase in American history.
This year, we prevented that tax hike and cut taxes even further to grow our economy.
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ICYMI: The Ways and Means Committee traveled to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California where we heard from farmers, small business owners, and manufacturers about how the pro-growth tax cuts in The One, Big, Beautiful Bill will unleash American economic greatness and deliver prosperity to the working class. ...
Today, the Committee passed several bills aimed at improving the lives of Americans by protecting patients, families, seniors, and taxpayers. ...
80% of tax-exempt hospitals are spending less on charity care and other critical health care priorities than they receive from their generous tax breaks. Rather than investing this money into patient care, they are using those benefits on non-health care activities like virtue signaling, renaming stadiums, or green energy initiatives.
Tax-exempt status was created for organizations that give back to their communities, not spread a woke agenda. ...
Tax-exempt hospitals receive special tax benefits because they have a mission to provide vital care to patients.
More transparency from these hospitals is needed so that taxpayers know what services they are actually providing and why they deserve to receive special tax treatment. ...
The data is clear. Many tax-exempt hospitals, that receive generous tax benefits, take more from the taxpayers than they invest back into the health care mission in their communities, and it isn’t close.
Many tax-exempt hospitals have strayed from their health care mission in favor of non-health care activities, including virtue signaling to woke causes. ...
When the system of benefits serving those with disabilities is overly complex, it can be a disservice to both someone looking for a new job or someone looking to hire or promote an employee.
Providing employers with knowledge and the ability to better navigate the system would benefit both them and those Americans with disabilities who are interested in pursing a new job, new career, or promotion. ...