WASHINGTON – Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after being selected to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the 118th Congress: “It is deeply humbling and an honor to be selected by my colleagues to serve as the next Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. With our new House ...
“The Biden Administration’s moratorium on trade agreements puts the United States on the sidelines while global competitors aggressively pursue markets for their products and services,” Republican Leader on the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) said in opening remarks before a Trade Subcommittee hearing examining how the United States can ...
House Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), along with Ways and Means Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), released the following statement after introducing a bipartisan resolution to boost trade in environmental goods and technologies and launch negotiations to complete a new environmental goods agreement: “Promoting trade in ...
President Biden’s disastrous Green New Deal policies are stoking a trade war with key U.S. allies and will only result in skyrocketing energy costs, slowing economic growth, and a decrease in investment for American businesses. American families are already suffering in President Biden’s cruel economy, but the Biden Administration’s taxpayer-funded Green New Deal ...
“When President Biden rammed through $300 billion or more in higher taxes, the bulk of it was on Made-in-America manufacturing,” Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said on the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio. Rep. Brady warns Biden’s tax hikes on American manufacturing leave families and businesses vulnerable to
After Switzerland and Mexico circulated evidence to all World Trade Organization members rebutting arguments for the proposed extension of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver, which cedes U.S. intellectual property on vaccines, treatments and therapies from U.S. innovators to foreign competitors, Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady ...
In a series of letters to top officials, Ways and Means Republicans have laid the groundwork for an onslaught of investigations into the Biden Administration’s abuses of power. The Committee will track down the waste of taxpayer dollars, fight for transparency, and hold the Administration accountable for its unprecedented executive overreach. Here’s how Republican Leader ...
For a PDF of this document, click here. As working American families and Main Street businesses struggle through the highest inflation in 40 years, a looming recession, and a shrinking economy, Democrats have raised taxes and wastefully spent ...
The Biden Administration has made tax promises to the world without consulting Congress, and has ignored Ways and Means Republicans’ requests for revenue estimates. Not only does the agreement surrender American tax revenue to foreign competitors, but it also undermines Congress’s authority over U.S. tax law. In a new letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Ways and ...
“U.S. influence has been eroded in a part of the world where we were once poised to hold sway, and China has moved in to play an increasingly dominant role. This must change,” writes Ways and Means Member Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) in a new op-ed for Fox News alongside fellow Ways and Means Member Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) and Rep. Beth Van ...