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August 19, 2025 Chair Smith Op-Ed: Restoring U.S. Agricultural Leadership Through Tax Reform

By: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)Agri-Pulse The One Big Beautiful Bill modernizes the tax code to strengthen…

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August 19, 2025 Chairman Smith Op-Ed: Trump’s trade agenda will fuel an economic boom

By: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)Washington Examiner After four years of weakness, global chaos, and a White…

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August 13, 2025 Chairman Smith, Rep. Feenstra Op-Ed: Americans have been liberated from high taxes

By: Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04)Cedar Rapids Gazette On Independence Day, as…

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August 01, 2025 Rep. A. Smith Op-Ed: Reconciliation Package Confronts Rural Health Challenges

By: Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03)Nance County Journal Access to healthcare is a major challenge for patients and providers alike in…

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July 15, 2025 Rep. Kelly Op-Ed: One Big Beautiful Bill a Gamechanger for Western Pa.

By Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  Last week, Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act…

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July 14, 2025 Rep. Buchanan Op-Ed: The ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Delivering on Republican Promises

By: Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-16)The Hill Seventy-seven million Americans voted for President Trump and a Republican majority to cut taxes,…

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July 07, 2025 Chairman Smith Op-ed: On Fourth of July, Americans Celebrated the Largest Tax Cut in History

​WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an op-ed published by Breitbart on Independence Day, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) celebrates…

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June 17, 2025 Rep. Estes Op-Ed: Taxing Countries That Are Targeting US Companies Isn’t ‘Revenge’

By: Rep. Ron Estes (KS-04)Bloomberg Tax Foreign countries have been seeking ways to pilfer our tax base under the guise…

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June 12, 2025 Rep. Yakym Op-Ed: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Explained

By: Rep. Rudy Yakym (IN-02)Goshen News One Big Beautiful Bill … but what does it actually do? And, more importantly,…

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June 11, 2025 Rep. Kustoff Op-Ed: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Will Restore the American Dream

By: Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) Washington Examiner When President Donald Trump was elected in November, he made a series of promises to the…

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