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December 12, 2023 Chairman Smith: High Prices Leaving Items Unchecked on Christmas Wish Lists This Holiday Season

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

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December 08, 2023 Chairman Smith: Democrats Run from ‘Bidenomics,’ Leaving Working Families Holding the Bag

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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December 08, 2023 Chairman Smith: Democrats Run from ‘Bidenomics,’ Leaving Working Families Holding the Bag

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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November 14, 2023 Chairman Smith: Working Families are Stressed About the Future After Three Years of “Bidenomics”

WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed…

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November 03, 2023 Chairman Smith: Under the Hood, Economy Is Struggling Because Of “Bidenomics”

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released…

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November 01, 2023 Chairman Smith: High Interest Rates from “Bidenomics” Promises More Pain Ahead for Families and Small Businesses

WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the October meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee: “‘Bidenomics’ is such a disaster that the Federal Reserve has signaled it expects to keep interest rates…

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October 27, 2023 Chairman Smith: House Republicans Are Unified Behind Ending Cost-of-Living Crisis for Working Families

WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation…

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October 26, 2023 Smith: Americans Spending Down Savings, Relying on Credit Cards, Thanks to Failing Bidenomics

WASHINGTON – Americans are relying more on credit cards and dipping into their savings in order to spend according to the…

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October 12, 2023 Chairman Smith: Cost-of-Living Adjustment Is Cold Comfort for Seniors Wrecked by Biden’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

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

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October 12, 2023 Watchdog: IRS Cooked the Books on Direct E-File Study, Misled American Taxpayers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tipped the scales on a $15 million feasibility study authorized in the…

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