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December 22, 2024 Smith Statement on the Anniversary of the 2017 Trump Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement to mark the seventh anniversary…

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December 20, 2024 American Farmers Prevail Over Unscientific Mexican Ban on U.S. Corn

Washington, D.C. – American farmers have won a victory over Mexico’s unfair trade practices thanks to months of work by Ways…

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December 20, 2024 Smith: Americans Need Tax Relief and Certainty After Four Years of High Prices

“Congress must quickly extend the Trump tax cuts and protect every single American from a tax hike that would only…

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December 19, 2024 Trump Tax Cuts Give America the Cutting Edge Against Communist China

With Cuts Expired, Chinese Companies Benefit From R&D Expensing 10 Times Larger. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States is mired in a…

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December 18, 2024 Smith: Trump Tax & Trade Agenda Will Create Economic Certainty & Put America’s Working Families First

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee…

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December 17, 2024 Top Federal Tax Rate Will Increase to 43.4% for 26 Million Small Businesses if Congress Fails to Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small businesses drive America’s economy, generating jobs and economic growth in communities big and small all across the…

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December 16, 2024 Critical Protections Against Illegal Immigrant Abuse of Tax Code Disappear if Congress Fails to Act

Safeguards put in place to help prevent Child Tax Credit (CTC) benefits from flowing to illegal immigrants, that Republicans passed…

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December 13, 2024 Chairman Smith Welcomes New Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee for the 119th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement welcoming the new Republican members to…

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December 13, 2024 91 Percent of Americans Could Lose Half of Their Guaranteed Deduction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Any unnecessary delay in extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts heightens the risk that all Americans will see…

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