Press Releases
Chairman Smith: “The Biden-Harris Administration has had the last 1,353 days to be the champion of small businesses and workers, and…
Read More (Biden-Harris Record Speaks for Itself: Job Losses for Main Street and Tax Breaks for the Wealthy )WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of a newly announced Biden-Harris program intended to paper over…
Read More (CBO Confirms: Biden-Harris Election Year Medicare Cost-Shifting Policy Will Cost Taxpayers Billions)WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve’s preferred…
Read More (Chairman Smith: American Families Continue to Experience Economic Turbulence Caused by Biden-Harris Administration’s Failed Policies)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since April, Ways and Means Committee Tax Teams have held over 100 events and traveled to 18…
Read More (Tax Teams Recap: 2025 Super Bowl of Tax is Pro-Growth, Pro-America Tax Policy vs. Tax Hikes for Every American)Brett Favre: “Our laws don’t sufficiently protect against TANF spending unrelated to helping people out of poverty.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress…
Read More (Seven Key Moments: Hearing on Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): States’ Misuse of Welfare Funds Leaves Poor Families Behind)Abandoning enforcement and accountability in digital trade, as the Biden-Harris Administration has done, has led to a surrender of America’s…
Read More (Three Key Moments: Hearing on Protecting American Innovation Through Strong Digital Trade Rules)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is demanding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revoke the…
Read More (Ways and Means Chairman Smith Demands IRS Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Organizations Fueling Chaos, Illegal Conduct, and Antisemitic Activity in U.S., Including those with Possible Ties to Terrorist Networks)“This lack of federal protections has created the perfect storm for waste, fraud, and abuse. The victims aren’t just taxpayers,…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Hearing on Reforming TANF)WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the cost of chronic diseases overwhelming family budgets and federal health care spending, Americans need better…
Read More (Four Key Moments: Hearing on Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment)This week, the House of Representatives advanced two pieces of legislation from the Ways and Means Committee that help states…
Read More (House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Identify Missing Foster Youth & Help More Americans Re-enter the Workforce)