Oversight
Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks at a committee markup of H.R. 1491,…
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Read More (Speaker Johnson, Committee Chairs Release Investigative Report Following House-Wide Effort to Combat Antisemitism)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans are still unclear on whether the Biden-Harris Administration will, on its way out the door, revive a…
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