Opening Statements
“The purpose of today’s hearing is to learn how Congress can help rebuild and restore confidence in the unemployment insurance…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement – Hearing on Unemployment Insurance Reforms)“New documents provided by the whistleblowers show that Hunter Biden repeatedly lied to Congress in his February deposition to distance…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Markup of Materials Protected Under Internal Revenue Code Section 6103)“With the new Opportunity Zone legislation in TCJA, investors turned to Erie…Erie has welcomed 110 new residential spaces, created space…
Read More (Tax Subcommittee Chairman Kelly Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Creating More Opportunity and Prosperity in the Rust Belt – Erie, PA)“Whether it’s improving health care or making our economy more innovative, the policies we craft must include the voices and…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Empowering Native American and Rural Communities – Scottsdale, AZ)“One of our top priorities on this Committee is helping every American access health care in the community where they…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Markup of Health Care Legislation)“Instead of allowing families hit by these high prices to keep more of their hard-earned money, President Biden wants the…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing with Treasury Secretary Yellen)“The Administration has also unfortunately chosen a go-it-alone trade policy that consists of endless dialogues and unenforceable trade ‘frameworks’ that…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Tai)“The WEP and GPO were intended to make Social Security more fair, but for millions of Americans, they’ve fallen far…
Read More (Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Ferguson Opening Statement – Hearing on Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO))“We need to use trade policies to secure a specific objective for America – in this case, standing up to…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Markup of Trade Legislation)“The 2017 Trump tax cuts provided a critical blueprint that Congress can build upon to make lasting improvements to our…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing on Expanding on the Success of the 2017 Tax Relief to Help Hardworking Americans)