"Whether it’s improving health care or making our economy more innovative, the policies we craft must include the voices and perspectives of Native Americans."
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – Inside the nation’s oldest faith-based homeless shelter, witnesses shared how work made possible their journey from poverty to self-sufficiency during a Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare hearing on Tuesday. The hearing made Congressional history as the first hearing held in a homeless shelter by a House ...
This week, Ways and Means Republican Kevin Hern (R-OK) introduced legislation along with co-sponsors Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI), and Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), called the Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act, to avert changes in an Internal Revenue ...
"What we’ve lost sight of is that a job is the best anti-poverty program that exists."
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"Thank you Chairman LaHood and Ranking Member Davis. It’s not often a Subcommittee is ...
"All of our government programs need to be oriented to provide every opportunity for individuals to grow their capacity and be connected to meaningful work."
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Republicans secured a number of commitments from Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley to make reforms that protect seniors and taxpayers at a joint hearing before the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Social Security and Work and Welfare. These include preventing overpayments and offsetting ...
"One of my main concerns is the high rate of improper payments in SSI. In FY 2022, the agency reported $5.3 billion in improper payments, $4.6 billion of which were overpayments."
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"One of the things in this hearing that we are going to focus on is the efficiency and the operation of the Administration itself."
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Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on President Biden’s release of his Fiscal Year 2025 budget:
“This President is more confused than normal if he thinks House Republicans will go along with adding $16 trillion to our public debt while ...
Chairman Smith: “These reforms put forward by Ways and Means Committee members hold states accountable for actually using TANF funds to help Americans in need transition from depending on a government check to thriving on a paycheck.”
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