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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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What They Are Saying: Ways and Means Committee Bringing Transparency to America’s Nonprofit Hospital Sector
WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s nonprofit hospitals will be more transparent with patients and taxpayers about the actual charity care they…
July 16, 2026Ways & Means Committee Approves Legislation to Expand Access to Care for Rural Patients & Seniors, Improve Health Care Price Transparency, & Hold Health Care Empires Accountable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Large hospital systems and insurance companies will be required to be more transparent about their prices and…
July 15, 2026Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Legislation Expanding Access to Quality, More Affordable Health Care & Holding Health Care Empires Accountable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a Committee markup…
July 14, 2026New Watchdog Report Confirms Significant Structural Failures Enabling Widespread Obamacare Fraud
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report confirms significant structural weaknesses in the Obamacare Marketplace that have enabled…
July 14, 2026Chairman Smith Statement on June Inflation Report: Republicans Are Fighting to Lower Costs, Keep More Pay in Workers’ Pockets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor…
July 7, 2026Five Key Moments: Hearing on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee hearing examining the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood…
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Thankful that @DrOzCMS and @VP are taking this growing issue seriously. I am proud that my DME Scammer Prevention Act made its way through the @WaysandMeansGOP Committee earlier this summer, so that we can ensure that taxpayer dollars are going to their intended recipients and
Democrats have plans to supersize the IRS AGAIN to go after hardworking American families.
When Republicans are in charge, we pass tax cuts to put more money in the pockets of working families. When Democrats are in charge, they hire bureaucrats to take it out.
In 2023, I led the effort to return billions of hard-earned tax dollars to the middle class.
Now, my Democrat colleagues want to strip this money from hardworking Americans for what?
To fund their bureaucratic busywork and increase audits of America's small businesses.
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