Field Hearing
“What we’ve lost sight of is that a job is the best anti-poverty program that exists.” As prepared for delivery. “Thank…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on the Dignity of Work: Lifting Individuals Out of Poverty – Chicago, Illinois)Five Key Moments from Ways and Means Hearing on Emergency Care DENTON, TEXAS – At the site of an air ambulance…
Read More (In Texas, Americans Highlight Need for Access to Emergency Care in Rural and Underserved Communities)“For too many Americans, especially those living in rural or underserved communities, when they call 9-1-1, help may be too…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care – Denton, Texas)Washington, d.c. – One year ago today, the Ways and Means Committee held the first hearing under the Republican majority…
Read More (One Year Later: Small Business Voices Shape Tax Package at Field Hearing in West Virginia)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the last year, small business owners have shared their personal experiences with the Ways and Means Committee of how pro-growth tax provisions like those now included in the Tax…
Read More (In Their Own Words: Small Business Owners Support Pro-Growth Policies in Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act)Four Key Moments from Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)…
Read More (“Nothing Fair About This at All:” In Louisiana, Public Servants Highlight How Social Security Rules Jeopardize Their Retirement )As prepared for delivery. “Good afternoon. Welcome to today’s hearing on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision, WEP, and Government…
Read More (Rep. Carey Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Social Security’s Unfair Treatment of Public Servants)As prepared for delivery. “The Ways and Means Committee is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for our sixth hearing outside Washington…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Social Security’s Unfair Treatment of Public Servants)EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA – During visits to three health care facilities in eastern North Carolina, members of the Ways and…
Read More (In North Carolina, Patients, Doctors, and Local Leaders Share Challenges of Accessing Health Care in Rural Communities)KIMBALL, MN – In a cattle auction barn on a family farm in Kimball, Minnesota, farmers shared their frustration that…
Read More (In Minnesota, Ways & Means Committee Hears About the Importance of New Agriculture Export Markets, Domestic Critical Mineral Mining, and Enforcement of America’s Trade Agreements)