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The Committee on Ways and Means, the oldest tax-writing body in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1789, shapes fiscal legislation including taxes, tariffs, and social service programs. Its notable influence is underscored by numerous members who have risen to prominent national offices, including Presidents and Supreme Court Justices.

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October 6, 2025

Chairman Smith Calls On IRS to Crack Down on Tax-Exempt Groups Tied to Terrorism & Political Violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…

September 30, 2025

What They Are Saying: Bipartisan Ways & Means Policies Protect Patient Access to Quality At-Home Care, Regulatory Stability for Health Care Providers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Maintaining access to a more convenient and cost-effective avenue of health care delivery as well as ensuring…

September 29, 2025

Big, Beautiful Success Story: Middle Class Biggest Winner from Working Class Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Middle-class families will get an outsized share of the tax cuts from President Trump’s working families tax cut,…

September 29, 2025

What They Are Saying: Ways & Means Improving Access to Critical Cancer Screenings, Innovative Medical Treatments for Seniors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee recently approved H.R. 842, the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection…

September 26, 2025

Big, Beautiful Success Story: Small Businesses Hiring More Workers, Expect Better Business Conditions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small businesses are on the upswing after enactment of the working families tax cuts, with signs of more…

September 25, 2025

Smith: Taxpayers Benefit from Modernization of IRS Under Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While Democrats focused on squeezing working families with more audits funded by tens of billions of taxpayer…

🇺🇸 @HouseGOP & @POTUS passed the Working Families Tax Cut, keeping your hard-earned money in your pocket! This bill fuels our economy and supports working families.

Here’s what it does:
✅Raises the Child Tax Credit
✅Removes tax on Tips & Overtime
✅Increases the standard…

Small businesses and manufactures in Kansas will benefit from the immediate expense of research and development which was made permanent in the working families tax cut.

The working families tax cuts we passed as Republicans are the culmination of President Trump’s promises to revive manufacturing, support agriculture & lower costs for families.

With these tax cuts and pro-growth provisions now law, our economy will grow!

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80% of tax-exempt hospitals are spending less on charity care and other critical health care priorities than they receive from their generous tax breaks. Rather than investing this money into patient care, they are using those benefits on non-health care activities like virtue signaling, renaming stadiums, or green energy initiatives.

Tax-exempt status was created for organizations that give back to their communities, not spread a woke agenda.
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Tax-exempt hospitals receive special tax benefits because they have a mission to provide vital care to patients.

More transparency from these hospitals is needed so that taxpayers know what services they are actually providing and why they deserve to receive special tax treatment.
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The data is clear. Many tax-exempt hospitals, that receive generous tax benefits, take more from the taxpayers than they invest back into the health care mission in their communities, and it isn’t close.

Many tax-exempt hospitals have strayed from their health care mission in favor of non-health care activities, including virtue signaling to woke causes.
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When the system of benefits serving those with disabilities is overly complex, it can be a disservice to both someone looking for a new job or someone looking to hire or promote an employee.

Providing employers with knowledge and the ability to better navigate the system would benefit both them and those Americans with disabilities who are interested in pursing a new job, new career, or promotion.
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