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4 Key Takeaways from the Ways and Means Hearing on the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party

April 20, 2023 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

WASHINGTON, DC – Green welfare for the wealthy and well-connected is exploding under Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as hundreds of billions of tax dollars are flowing to big banks, corporations, and the Chinese Communist Party, witnesses revealed during a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. “A Low Emission Fire Sale Only ...

Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party

April 18, 2023 — 'Inflation Reduction Act'

As prepared for delivery. "We are here today to examine what has happened with the mountain of “green” special interest tax breaks in the President’s so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” In the eight months since that law’s passage, three things are clear.   "Number 1: Taxpayers are footing a bill for these tax breaks that are hundreds of billions above what they were ...

Chairman Smith: Americans Add Biden’s Inflation Crisis to Death and Taxes as Part of Life’s Certainties

April 12, 2023 — Bidenflation

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans will continue to suffer under President Biden’s inflation crisis, after the latest Consumer Price Index report showed inflation at 5.0 percent, an over 30 year high, and inflation rising 14.9 percentage points since Joe Biden became President.   Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following ...

Biden Admin Rewards Foreign Countries with Access to American Taxpayer-Funded EV Credits

March 31, 2023 — Blog

WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its “welfare for the wealthy” agenda that will shower high earners and corporations with taxpayer handouts, the Biden Administration unveiled a regulatory proposal Friday on critical mineral and battery component requirements for the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. The proposal fails to counter China’s ...

Chairman Smith: Biden’s Hidden Tax on All Americans Continues

March 31, 2023 — Bidenflation

WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement on February’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)--the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation–that shows prices remain 5 percent higher than one year ago: