WASHINGTON – Citing a lack of existing guardrails to ensure funds are used to actually help people rejoin the workforce, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Work and Welfare Subcommittee Chairman Darin LaHood (IL-16) have
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee examined the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program and what possible reforms could help align the program better with America’s strategic trade goals. Witnesses emphasized the importance of the United States using trade policy to benefit American workers, farmers, and ...
WASHINGTON – Patients are losing access to care and their health insurance covers fewer doctors, while medical providers are struggling to get reimbursed for services provided, all because of the flawed implementation of the bipartisan No Surprises Act of 2020. At a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee, witnesses testified that the system set up by unelected federal ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee: “Even with the Federal Reserve’s decision to pause rate increases, interest rates remain at the highest level in 22 ...
As prepared for delivery. "Thank you Ranking Member Blumenauer, Subcommittee Members, and our witnesses for being here today. Today’s hearing is an important step as Congress considers the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences Program, or GSP. "When Congress created the GSP program in 1974, it recognized then, ...
WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) warned the Biden Administration, in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today that long delayed regulations must be immediately issued to prevent taxpayer ...
As prepared for delivery. "Three years ago, Congress passed the bipartisan No Surprises Act to end surprise medical bills for good. American patients were in desperate need of these protections as too many had come face to face with medical bills from being treated without their knowledge by an out-of-network doctor. It left them on the hook for tens and ...
WASHINGTON - A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights both new and longstanding unresolved ...
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI – On a tour of health care facilities throughout southeast Missouri, doctors, hospitals, health care workers, and local leaders met with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) to examine the harsh realities of access to quality health care in rural America. Folks shared stories of the challenges ...
WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Producer Price Index showed the largest single-month increase since June 2022: “‘Bidenomics’ has become the source of so many problems for small businesses. In fact, those problems are getting ...