Oversight
While testifying before the Ways and Means Committee on Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a number of remarks that…
Read More (Six Breaking News Items from Secretary Yellen’s Testimony Before the Ways and Means Committee)“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.)President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request calls for an additional 43.2 billion for the IRS and bizarre woke…
Read More (Never Enough – Biden Budget Seeks Absurd $43.2 Billion for IRS Despite Receiving Unprecedented $80 Billion Windfall Just Last Year)WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Biden released…
Read More (Chairman Smith: By calling for $4.7 trillion in new taxes, does President Biden even know his economic agenda is failing?)WASHINGTON, DC – A think tank with ties to the liberal wing of the Democrat party is drawing scrutiny from Ways…
Read More (Smith, Schweikert Call Out Biden Administration for Cooking the Books on IRS E-File Study)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taxpayers whose privacy has been repeatedly abused and their financial information leaked by the government deserve answers…
Read More (Smith, Schweikert Push IRS for Information and Accountability on Improper Disclosure of Confidential Taxpayer Information)WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to jumpstart recovery efforts on hundreds of billions…
Read More (Ways and Means Approves Plan to Recover Hundreds of Billions in Misspent, Stolen Unemployment Benefits)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 “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)