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April 15, 2025 Chairman Smith on Tax Day: Republicans Are Ready to Deliver on an America First Tax Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after Congress took a major step in unlocking the reconciliation process to provide tax relief for working…

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March 26, 2025 ONE DAY LEFT: Shot Clock About to Expire on Prosecuting Those Who Stole Billions in Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress is steps away from fulfilling President Trump’s mandate to recover taxpayer money lost to waste, fraud, and…

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March 24, 2025 House GOP Leadership and Committee Chairs Issue Joint Statement on Budget Reconciliation

WASHINGTON — Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following joint statement alongside Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04), Leader Steve Scalise (LA-01),…

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February 25, 2025 Chairman Smith and All Instructed Committee Chairmen United on Advancing GOP Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Agriculture Committee Chairman…

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February 07, 2025 Chairman Smith Condemns IRS’s Illegal Retaliation Against Whistleblowers, Demands Answers from Remaining IRS Leadership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Top Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials issued illegal gag orders and retaliated against two whistleblowers – IRS Supervisory…

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January 27, 2025 Chairman Smith Congratulates Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Senate Confirmation

WASHINGTON – After the Senate voted to confirm Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (68-29) on a bipartisan basis, Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)…

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January 25, 2025 Chairman Smith Statement on Governor Kristi Noem’s Confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed South…

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January 23, 2025 President Trump’s Cease and Desist to IRS Protects Middle Class Families and Small Businesses from IRS Audits and Weaponization

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump is answering Americans’ fears of a supercharged Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with an executive order halting the hiring…

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December 31, 2024 Smith Warns Biden Officials to Steer Clear of Politicizing Social Security with Lame Duck Appointment

Washington, D.C. – With the Biden Administration blitzing the federal government with lame duck appointments and rulemakings that inject politics into…

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