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May 10, 2023 Chairman Smith: President Biden Needs to Negotiate Because Inflation Is Not Just Going Away on Its Own

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index…

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May 03, 2023 Chairman Smith: Consequences of Democrat Spending Spree Spur Americans’ Suffering

WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement in response to the Federal Reserve’s announcement…

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May 02, 2023 Chairman Smith: Americans Are Worse Off Under President Biden

WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the first reading of 2023…

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April 27, 2023 Chairman Smith: Americans Are Worse Off Under President Biden

WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the first reading of 2023…

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April 13, 2023 Chairman Smith: Under President Biden, Small Businesses Struggle to Keep the Doors Open, Lights On

WASHINGTON, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Producer Price Index…

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April 12, 2023 Chairman Smith: Americans Add Biden’s Inflation Crisis to Death and Taxes as Part of Life’s Certainties

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans will continue to suffer under President Biden’s inflation crisis, after the latest Consumer Price Index report…

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April 07, 2023 Chairman Smith: Job Creators Sinking Under Weight of Democrats’ Failed Policies

WASHINGTON, DC – Rising interest rates, historic inflation, and labor shortages, spurred by Democrat policies, are increasing pressure on working…

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March 31, 2023 Chairman Smith: Biden’s Hidden Tax on All Americans Continues

WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement on February’s personal consumption…

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