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Smith: Agency Watchdog Highlights Unacceptable Levels of Incompetence and Abuse at the IRS

September 13, 2023 — Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) blasted the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday following a series of reports released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) this summer showing the IRS is failing to treat all taxpayers the same, to protect their private information, or to provide a basic level of ...

Trade Subcommittee Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on Modernizing Customs Policies to Protect American Workers & Secure Supply Chains

September 12, 2023 — Hearing

As prepared for delivery. Thank you, Ranking Member Blumenauer, and to our witnesses and subcommittee members for being here today. Today’s subcommittee hearing is an important step as the House Ways and Means Committee considers updates to custom laws to ensure Customs and Border Protection has the right policies in place to enforce our laws effectively, facilitate legitimate trade, ...

Work & Welfare Subcommittee Chairman LaHood Opening Statement – Hearing on TANF Non-Assistance Programs

July 12, 2023 — Hearing

As prepared for delivery. "My name is Darin LaHood and I represent Illinois’ 16th District, covering much of the central and northwestern parts of the state.   "Republicans secured a major victory by strengthening work requirements in the direct cash assistance portion of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program as part of the Fiscal Responsibility ...

Chairman Smith Opening Statement – Field Hearing on Trade in America: Agriculture and Critical Supply Chains – Kimball, MN

July 10, 2023 — Field Hearing

As prepared for delivery. "The Ways and Means Committee is in Kimball, Minnesota for our fifth hearing in local communities to hear directly from America’s farmers, ranchers, and mining communities about how America’s trade policies affect their daily lives and what Congress can do to make trade work better for their families. "America is only six percent of the world’s ...