Opening Statements
“Thank you, Madame Secretary, for appearing before the Ways & Means Committee today. I will note, last year we waited…
Read More (Chairman Smith: After giving the IRS an $80 billion raise, the Biden Admin now wants taxpayers to give the IRS another $43.2 billion.)As prepared for delivery This morning we will consider the Default Prevention Act, introduced by Rep. McClintock of California. We…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Default Prevention Act )Opening Tuesday’s field hearing on the State of the American Economy: The Heartland, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening…
Read More (Chairman Smith: Congress Must Listen to Working Americans Living Under Biden’s Failed Policies So We Can Chart a Better Course)As prepared for delivery. “Last year, Americans told Congress that our country needed a new direction. Small businesses, farmers, and…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Views and Estimates, Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress, and the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)As prepared for delivery “We have before us the committee’s Views and Estimates for the fiscal year 2024 Budget. As…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Budget Views and Estimates)As prepared for delivery “During two years of one-party Democrat rule in Washington, this Committee should have done robust oversight…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress)As prepared for delivery “At the height of the COVID pandemic, government lockdowns shuttered Main Street businesses and kept American…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act)WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) shined a spotlight today on how Democrats, at every turn, blocked investigations into the greatest theft…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars – Unchecked Unemployment Fraud)PETERSBURG, WV – Today, at the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – State of the American Economy: Appalachia)“The Biden Administration’s moratorium on trade agreements puts the United States on the sidelines while global competitors aggressively pursue markets…
Read More (A. Smith: American Workers and Businesses Struggling with Record Inflation Cannot Afford Trade Moratorium)