Work and Welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Witnesses shared how the dignity of work can help families overcome hardship, connect to their community, and…
Read More (Five Key Moments: Hearing on Welfare Reform 30th Anniversary Shows How the Dignity of Work is Still Key to Escaping Poverty)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement at a Work & Welfare…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on the 30th Anniversary of Welfare Reform)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered the following opening statement at a Work and…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement at Hearing on the 30th Anniversary of Welfare Reform: No Government Program Can Substitute the Stability, Confidence, Purpose, and Connection to Community that Meaningful Work Can Provide)WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee hearing examining the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood…
Read More (Five Key Moments: Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program )WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent COVID-era unemployment insurance (UI) funds will be returned to taxpayers…
Read More (House Approves Bipartisan Ways & Means Legislation to Recover Nearly $1 Billion in Pandemic-Era Taxpayer Dollars Frozen Due to Fraud)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement at a Work & Welfare…
Read More (Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program)WASHINGTON, D.C. – As rampant fraud continues to be uncovered across government programs, the Ways and Means Committee has been…
Read More (What They Are Saying: Ways & Means Legislation Combats Fraud and Protects Benefits for Seniors and Families in Need)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of…
Read More (Chairman Smith: Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Actions to Combat Fraud Underscore Need for Congressional Efforts to Protect Taxpayers, Beneficiaries)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) delivered the following opening statement at a joint Social…
Read More (Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement: Hearing with Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement during debate in the U.S….
Read More (Chairman Smith Floor Remarks: Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act Defends Against Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars, Improves Integrity of TANF to Better Support Families in Need)