WASHINGTON – At a hearing on expanding educational freedom and opportunity for American families, students, and workers, witnesses shared powerful stories of how more educational options changed the course of their lives, created better educational resources for their kids, and helped their fellow Americans learn the skills and enter the ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, showed inflation remaining above its publicly-stated target of 2 percent:
As prepared for delivery. "Parents today have serious concerns about their children’s access to affordable, quality education. The demand from parents to improve their school options is real, and it is easy to understand why. "After all, kids are not learning at the pace they should be. ACT scores, for example, are at the ...
Washington, D.C. – House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01), along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (OR) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (ID) formally introduced legislation to relieve ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed prices rising 17.7 percent since President Biden took the Oath of Office and the Social Security Administration released its annual cost-of-living adjustment for the 65 million Americans on Social ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the release of the September 2023 jobs report: “‘Bidenomics’ is not only a slogan the American people are not buying, it’s a set of policies that they cannot afford. Maxed-out credit cards are the ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, showed inflation remaining higher than the Fed’s publicly stated inflation ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee: “Even with the Federal Reserve’s decision to pause rate increases, interest rates remain at the highest level in 22 years ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Producer Price Index showed the largest single-month increase since June 2022: “‘Bidenomics’ has become the source of so many problems for small businesses. In fact, those problems are getting ...
WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed prices rising 17.4 percent since President Biden took the Oath of Office and inflation rising again for the second month in a row: “The Democrats’ ...