By Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)

WASHINGTON – At a hearing on expanding educational freedom and opportunity for American families, students, and workers, witnesses shared powerful stories of how more educational options changed the course of their lives, created better educational resources for their kids, and helped their fellow Americans learn the skills and enter the ...

WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, showed inflation remaining above its publicly-stated target of 2 percent:

WASHINGTON – Americans are relying more on credit cards and dipping into their savings in order to spend according to the latest GDP report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement:

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced plans to withdraw longstanding U.S. negotiating proposals that promote high-standard digital trade provisions, undercutting U.S. global competitiveness, and surrendering America’s digital trade leadership to China.

As prepared for delivery. "Good morning. Welcome to today’s hearing on Social Security’s disability claims backlog. "For the first time in history more than one million people are waiting on the Social Security Administration to process their initial disability claim. "On average claims ...

WASHINGTON – The Official Poverty Measure affects federal funding intended to help millions of families living in poverty through programs such as the Social Services Block Grant, child welfare programs, food stamps, energy assistance, school lunches, and Medicaid, among a slew of others. At a hearing of the Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee, witnesses testified ...

As prepared for delivery. "Parents today have serious concerns about their children’s access to affordable, quality education. The demand from parents to improve their school options is real, and it is easy to understand why. "After all, kids are not learning at the pace they should be. ACT scores, for example, are at the ...

As prepared for delivery.  "Thank you Chairman LaHood and Ranking Member Davis. "Today’s hearing is, on the surface, about an issue that might otherwise draw very little, if any attention from most Americans. A discussion over how the government chooses to define one of various metrics it uses to allocate resources is not ...

"Good afternoon and welcome. "I want to thank everyone for joining us for today’s hearing on measuring poverty. "My name is Darin LaHood and I represent Illinois’ 16th District, covering much of the central and northwestern parts of the state. "The ...