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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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June 10, 2025 Rep. Buchanan Op-Ed: Floridians Benefit from Trump’s Tax Cuts. We Can’t Let Democrats Take Them Away

By: Representative Vern Buchanan (FL-16)Sarasota Herald-Tribune Florida families and small businesses spent the past four years struggling with soaring costs…

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January 30, 2025 Chairman Smith, Jay Timmons Op-Ed: Manufacturers are depending on Congress to extend the Trump tax cuts

By Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and National Association of Manufacturers CEO and President Jay Timmons Washington…

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July 25, 2024 OP-ED: Congress must act to prevent “Tax Armageddon”

WASHINGTON – In a Washington Examiner op-ed, Ways and Means Committee Vice Chairman Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-16), who is leading the American Manufacturing Tax…

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June 27, 2024 Chairman Smith Op-Ed: All Options Must be on the Table to Deliver Tax Relief for Working People

By Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) Washington Examiner Republicans are already hard at work to once again…

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June 10, 2024 ICYMI | Rep. Smucker Op-Ed: Biden Admin has no plan to prevent tax increases on families, small businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Republicans recently launched ten Tax Teams to study key tax provisions from the 2017 Trump tax…

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May 29, 2024 Chairmen Smith & Thompson Op-Ed: Washington must not let politics stand in the way of American agriculture

By Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (PA-15) The Hill Since our…

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April 15, 2024 Chairman Smith Op-Ed: Failed Biden Trade Policies Mean Falling Ag Exports Hurting American Farmers

By Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) Agri-Pulse American farmers and ranchers have faced increasing challenges in recent…

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