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May 04, 2026 ICYMI: Chairman Smith on Morning in America: “I don’t know of any farms on East 68th Street in Manhattan.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) joined NewsNation’s Morning in America to discuss the Committee’s…

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May 01, 2026 Nine Key Moments: Hearing with Health System CEOs 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – CEOs representing some of the nation’s largest health systems, including the largest for-profit and tax-exempt hospital systems in…

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April 28, 2026 Chairman Smith to Hospital System CEOs: The Prices You Charge Patients Are Borderline Extortion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing with…

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April 27, 2026 Seven Key Moments: Hearing on Medicare Fraud 

“How do you put a hospice in a burrito stand in California?” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Medicare fraud is a massive problem…

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April 21, 2026 Seven Key Moments: Hearing with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Republicans emphasized the importance of expanding access to health care for Americans – particularly…

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April 14, 2026 Chairman Smith Field Hearing Opening Statement: More Needs to be Done to Help Americans Live Longer, Healthier Lives.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a Health Subcommittee field…

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March 20, 2026 Four Key Moments: Hearing on Improving Kidney Health Through Better Prevention and Innovative Treatment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Medicare’s coverage and reimbursement policies for chronic kidney disease (CKD), and its most severe form, end-stage renal disease…

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