DOL Newswire Report News
Statement from Chairman Smith on IRS Whistleblower Outreach
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
"As with all matters before the Committee, we will go where the facts lead and conduct a review of this matter in an appropriate and timely manner."
Ways and Means Committee Takes Bipartisan Action to Stand Up for American Workers Against China’s Unfair Trade Practices
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
The Committee’s action today was an important step to ensure the United States maintains crucial protections for American workers and our economy as a whole.
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Hearing on the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
“We are here today to examine what has happened with the mountain of “green” special interest tax breaks in the President’s so-called “Inflation Reduction Act.” In the eight months since that law’s passage, three things are clear.
Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of H.J.R. 39, Congressional Review Act Legislation on Solar Tariffs
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
“Before we begin, I’d like to take a moment to mention our colleague Dan Kildee who cannot be with us today as he is recovering from surgery related to his recent cancer diagnosis.
JCT Confirms Green New Deal Tax Breaks Flowing to Big Banks and Other Billion-Dollar Corporations
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Billion-dollar corporations and big banks will be the primary beneficiary of corporate tax breaks stuffed inside the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, according to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation.
Chairman Jason Smith Opening Statement: Countering China’s Trade & Investment Agenda – Opportunities for American Leadership
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
“Thank you, Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Blumenauer.
Trade Subcommittee Chairman A. Smith Opening Statement: Countering China’s Trade & Investment Agenda – Opportunities for American Leadership
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
“Good afternoon. The Subcommittee will come to order. Ranking Member Blumenauer and Subcommittee Members— I look forward to working with you this Congress.
Chairman Smith: Biden’s Supercharged IRS and Proposed Tax Hikes Make Tax Day Even More Stressful for Working Americans
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement in observance of Tax Day, warning of the increased threat to taxpayers posed by Democrat efforts to supercharge the IRS and hike taxes on workers and small businesses.
Automaker’s Troubling Deal with Chinese Company Raises Questions About Democrats’ Electric Vehicle Tax Credits
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Taxpayer dollars may be getting funneled to a Chinese company and potential “foreign entity of concern” through its partnership with Ford, thanks to the automaker’s use of electric vehicle tax credits in the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act, writes Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) to Ford CEO Jim Farley in a new letter.
Chairman Smith: Under President Biden, Small Businesses Struggle to Keep the Doors Open, Lights On
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Producer Price Index showed wholesale prices rising by 2.7 percent from the previous year, which get passed down to consumers in the form of higher prices at the checkout counter:
Congressional Republicans Call for Reconsideration of Administration’s Anti-Innovation Drug-Price Policy
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Patients, caregivers, and practitioners will soon see fewer cures should the Biden Administration move forward with implementing its drug price-setting guidance, write House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, in a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Brooks-LaSure.
Chairman Smith, Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Schweikert: Americans Will Struggle to Afford Accounting and Paperwork Prep Needed to Comply with Democrats’ New IRS Reporting Scheme
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
As it struggles to process the billions of information returns it currently receives, the IRS may be unprepared to implement Democrats’ new invasive scheme to track Americans’ personal online financial transactions, wrote Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (AZ-01) to the Government Accountability Office in a new letter.
Chairman Smith: Job Creators Sinking Under Weight of Democrats’ Failed Policies
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Rising interest rates, historic inflation, and labor shortages, spurred by Democrat policies, are increasing pressure on working Americans and forcing small businesses to do more with less, the March jobs report shows.
Chairman Smith Blasts Hollow IRS “Plan” that Fails to Provide Details on How Their $80 Billion Raise Will be Spent
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
On April 6, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) newly released “plan” that was supposed to inform Congress and the American people how the IRS will spend the $80 billion Democrats gave the agency in the Inflation Reduction Act (it doesn’t)
Ways and Means Chair Smith, Education and the Workforce Chair Foxx, Speaker McCarthy, and Republican Members of the California Delegation Call on President Biden to Abandon Nomination of Julie Su as Labor Secretary
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
American workers and businesses will face more regulation, mismanagement, and waste from Washington should the Senate confirm Julie Su as Labor Secretary, warned House Republicans today.
Chairman Smith: Bipartisan Meeting with Taiwan President Reinforces an Enduring Partnership
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after participating in a bipartisan congressional delegation meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen
Chairman Smith: Bad News for Seniors Lurks Between the Lines of Medicare and Social Security Trust Fund Reports
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) pointed to the negative impacts of Democrats’ reckless spending in a statement about the 2023 Medicare & Social Security Trustees Reports
Delbene Opening Statement At Field Hearing In Georgia
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to Rep. Ferguson for hosting us in your district today.
Neal Statement On The Supreme Court Decision Protecting Access To Mifepristone
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
On April 21, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision protecting access to mifepristone:
Neal Statement On Republicans’ Lower, Slash, Gut Act
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Republicans finally went public on their backroom schemes to hold the U.S. economy hostage: