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NEWS: Sanders and Klobuchar Reintroduce Legislation to Cut Drug Prices in Half
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: Bill Would Allow Medicare to Pay Same Prices as VA
Chair Owens to Hold Hearing on Workforce Development Programs
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: On Thursday, May 11, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled “Examining America’s Workforce Challenges: Looking for Ways to Improve Skills Development."
Foxx, Owens, Grothman, Murphy Question Medical School Accreditor Over Race-Driven Standards
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), and Dr. Greg Murphy (R-NC) sent a letter to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-the...
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act and Preparing for the Next Public Health Emergency
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2023
News Release: Committee to hear testimony from experts including CDC Director, FDA Commissioner, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Markup of Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 1 - The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, May 2 will hold an Executive Session to mark up legislation that would lower drug prices in America, following a bipartisan deal by HELP Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) to consider the bills.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Make Announcement on Federal Minimum Wage
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2023
News Release: AFL-CIO and SEIU Presidents to Join HELP Committee Chairman
In Georgia, Small Businesses Share How GOP Pro Growth Tax Plans Continue to Make a Difference
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
During a hearing held in an airplane parts manufacturing facility in Peachtree City, Georgia, small business owners told the Ways and Means Committee how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has made a difference in their lives and livelihoods and Congress should immediately work to extend expiring provisions.
Four Key Moments from the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Countering Chinese Trade and Investment
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
China’s unfair trade practices have repeatedly cheated American workers, farmers, and small businesses in its decades-long pursuit of dominance over the United States.
4 Key Takeaways from the Ways and Means Hearing on the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party
By DOL Newswire Report | May 1, 2023
Green welfare for the wealthy and well-connected is exploding under Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as hundreds of billions of tax dollars are flowing to big banks, corporations, and the Chinese Communist Party, witnesses revealed during a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
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.