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January 10, 2025 Smith: President Trump’s Tax Plan Will Fix Weak Biden-Harris Jobs Market

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released…

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January 08, 2025 New Report Shows More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buying Americans out of poverty is undermining incentives to work, with families living in poverty relying more on…

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January 05, 2025 Historic Child Welfare Reforms and Family Supports Signed into Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation – representing the work of many members of the Ways and Means Committee – to…

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January 02, 2025 Trump Tax Cuts Revived American Manufacturing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under President Trump, America experienced a manufacturing boom powered by the pro-growth 2017 tax reforms. Policies like 100…

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December 31, 2024 Smith Warns Biden Officials to Steer Clear of Politicizing Social Security with Lame Duck Appointment

Washington, D.C. – With the Biden Administration blitzing the federal government with lame duck appointments and rulemakings that inject politics into…

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December 31, 2024 Social Security Administration Finally Implements Policy to Help Prevent Rampant Overpayments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After nearly nine years, and intense oversight from Ways and Means Republicans, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has…

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December 31, 2024 Smith: America Will Not Tolerate Chinese Cyber Attacks

Washington, D.C. – Following public reporting that one of China’s intelligence agencies hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. House Committee on…

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