Work and Welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement at a committee markup of…
Read More (Chairman Smith at Foster Care Legislation Markup: Bipartisan Policy Will Help Foster Youth Lead Independent Lives)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following hearings and direct consultation with foster youth with lived experience, the Ways and Means Committee recently…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Historic Bipartisan Reforms Support Long-Term Success for Transition-Age Foster Youth)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Entrepreneurs, early-childhood educators, survivors of sexual assault and victims of natural disasters, children, whistleblowers, clergy, those seeking new…
Read More (Innovators, Educators, Vulnerable Americans, Taxpayers, Faith Leaders, and Whistleblowers Receive Critical Relief and Support Under House-Approved Ways and Means Legislation)A bipartisan gathering of the Ways and Means Committee hosted First Lady Melania Trump and foster youth for a roundtable…
Read More (Chairman Smith Applauds First Lady Melania Trump’s Leadership and Ways & Means Committee’s Bipartisan Efforts to Improve Outcomes for Foster Youth)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Members have introduced legislation to modernize the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program…
Read More (Ways & Means Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize the Chafee Foster Care Program to Improve Outcomes for Vulnerable Youth)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Taxpayers risk losing nearly $1 billion in fraudulent COVID-era unemployment benefits abandoned in banks, unless Congress acts to…
Read More (Three Key Moments: Hearing on Reclaiming “Forgotten” Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen by Banks)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered an opening statement at a…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Hearing on Reclaiming “Forgotten” Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Funds Frozen by Banks)Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law appropriations legislation…
Read More (Ways and Means Health Care, Trade Policy Wins Signed into Law)WASHINGTON, D.C. – More Americans looking to re-enter the workforce will have the opportunity and support to invest in their…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Ways and Means Legislation Supports Entrepreneurs, Improves Tax Filing)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pregnant women and moms will continue to have access to critical health care services provided by pregnancy…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Ways and Means Solutions Protect the Sanctity of Life & Access to Maternal Care, Strengthen Child Support Enforcement)