WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the expiration of key components of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2025, the Ways and Means Committee is examining pro-growth and pro-family policies to determine how best to build on its success. Under the 2017 Trump tax cuts, real median household income increased by $5,000 and real wages rose by 4.9 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate must move to immediately pass the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Inside the nation’s oldest faith-based homeless shelter, witnesses shared how work made possible their journey from poverty to self-sufficiency during a Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare hearing on Tuesday. The hearing made Congressional history as the first hearing held in a homeless shelter by a House ...
"The 2017 Trump tax cuts provided a critical blueprint that Congress can build upon to make lasting improvements to our tax code." As prepared for delivery. "Seven years ago, Republicans passed the Tax ...
“Small businesses and workers who lose their job are paying the price for Democrats’ failed leadership.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives succeeded in passing a pro-growth tax bill that extends some of the best provisions in President Trump’s 2017 tax law and the Senate must follow its lead,
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Republicans secured a number of commitments from Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley to make reforms that protect seniors and taxpayers at a joint hearing before the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Social Security and Work and Welfare. These include preventing overpayments and offsetting ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee held Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra accountable for playing politics with health care during a hearing on the Biden Administration’s HHS budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Members called out the Biden Administration’s policies that will lead to more shuttered ...
Five Key Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Emergency Care DENTON, TEXAS – At the site of an air ambulance service provider, patients, doctors, and emergency medical personnel shared their stories about access to emergency medical care ...
"One of my main concerns is the high rate of improper payments in SSI. In FY 2022, the agency reported $5.3 billion in improper payments, $4.6 billion of which were overpayments." As prepared for delivery.