News from May 2023
Neal Statement On Tax Day
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement today marking the end of the 2023 tax filing season
Blumenauer Opening Statement At Trade Subcommittee Hearing On China's Trade And Investment Agenda
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Today’s hearing comes at an important juncture in our trade relationship with China
Chu Opening Statement At Markup Of H.j. Res. 39
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin, I would like to recognize our colleague, Dan Kildee, who underwent a procedure earlier this week and cannot be with us in person today.
Chu Opening Statement At Hearing On The Inflation Reduction Act’s Unprecedented Boom To American Manufacturing, Domestic Supply Chains, And Good-paying Jobs
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for gathering us to discuss how in just 8 months, the Inflation Reduction Act has done more for American workers and families than the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has done in almost 6 years.
Neal, Wyden, Casey, Bonamici Introduce Legislation To Strengthen Seniors’ Protections From Abuse And Neglect
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
One in 10 Americans over the age of 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse
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:
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:
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.
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
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
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.
Analysis: Democrats’ “Green” Energy Subsidies Costing Taxpayers $1.2 Trillion–THREE TIMES Original Price Tag
By Raquel Perez | May 1, 2023
Democrats’ “green” energy subsidies in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA) will cost three times what was originally projected, according to new analysis featured in the Wall Street Journal.
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)
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, 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.
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: 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:
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: 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.
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.