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"At the height of the COVID pandemic, government lockdowns shuttered Main Street businesses and kept American workers at home. Congress provided targeted and temporary support for workers and businesses – including through unemployment insurance.
Unfortunately, that work was undermined, and many of those families fell victim to predatory fraudsters in what ...
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"During two years of one-party Democrat rule in Washington, this Committee should have done robust oversight of the Biden Administration – instead, it overlooked the Administration’s worst behaviors.
Whether it was rampant spending driving up inflation or tax increases that will only further shrink the wallets of families, farmers, and small businesses, the ...
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"We have before us the committee’s Views and Estimates for the fiscal year 2024 Budget.
As the former Republican leader of the House Budget Committee, I have a special appreciation for this step in the annual Congressional budget process. Not only is it helpful to our friends on the Budget Committee; it gives this committee an opportunity to chart a new ...
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"Last year, Americans told Congress that our country needed a new direction. Small businesses, farmers, and working families are fed up with the crises that have come to define life in Biden’s America.
"These crises did not happen by accident – they are the result of choices made by Washington ...
By Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)
Washington Times
Inflation has robbed Americans’ wallets month after month since President Biden took office and launched his partisan spending spree. It has hit seniors particularly hard. Many are choosing to delay retirement and struggling to buy ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Medicare coverage for novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease will continue to be restricted by the Biden Administration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency announced this week, despite numerous bipartisan requests to reconsider. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (KY-01) were joined by Ways and Means Committee Republicans to introduce legislation to recover potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in stolen unemployment benefits. Up to $400 billion, ...
WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, showed prices rose 5.4 percent over a year ago:
“America is firmly stuck in an ongoing inflation crisis caused by Washington ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) are requesting detailed information from top government health officials regarding the $3 billion drug price-setting implementation ...
WASHINGTON, DC — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Producer Price Index showed wholesale prices rising by 6 percent, higher than expectations. America’s small businesses are being forced to pay more for goods, leading to higher prices for families:
