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Ways and Means Republicans Seek Answers on Hundreds of Billions in Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits

February 08, 2023 — Press Releases

Washington, DC - After President Biden once again declared “the watchdogs are back” during the State of the Union yesterday, a hearing on unemployment insurance fraud convened by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) revealed that the federal government still does not know exactly how much money was stolen by criminals in ...

Smith: Biden’s Speech Shows Democrats Are Out of Touch with the Reality Facing Americans Today

February 07, 2023 — Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union speech: “President Biden shouldn’t be lecturing Americans about the state of the union; he should be listening to them. If he took a break from handing out billions in green welfare for the wealthy and ...

Chairman Smith Opening Statement:  The Greatest Theft of Taxpayer Dollars – Unchecked Unemployment Fraud

February 07, 2023 — Opening Statements

WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) shined a spotlight today on how Democrats, at every turn, blocked investigations into the greatest theft of taxpayer dollars in American history. In the new majority, Republicans are investigating what exactly is being done or not done to determine the size, scope, and severity of ...

At West Virginia Field Hearing, Americans Expose the Painful Reality of Living & Working in Biden’s Economy

February 06, 2023 — Hearing

PETERSBURG, WV - Today, at the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) spoke about how policymakers must put the interests of American workers first by hearing directly from them about their struggles and their ideas to improve the lives and livelihoods of their families and ...

Chairman Smith Opening Statement – State of the American Economy: Appalachia

February 05, 2023 — Op-eds and Speeches

PETERSBURG, WV - Today, at the first hearing of the Ways and Means Committee under a new Republican majority, Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) spoke about how the Committee and Congress must put the interests of American workers first by hearing directly from Americans about their struggles and their ideas to improve the lives and livelihoods of their families and communities ...

Smith: Stuck Labor Force Reveals False Advertising by the Biden Administration on the State of the American Economy

February 03, 2023 — Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement on the January jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Only days away from President Biden’s State of the Union address, the true state of America’s economy isn’t measuring up to the Biden Administration’s false advertising. Any job growth is ...

Chairman Smith: Rising Interest Rates All the More Reason to Address Fiscal Sanity in Debt Limit Debate

February 02, 2023 — Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve continued its interest rate increases at the fastest rate in 40 years – raising rates another 25 basis points, for a total of 4.5 percent, the eighth increase since March 2022 and cumulatively larger than the past 15 years combined: “With the price ...