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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)
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.
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:
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
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.
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.
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
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
Anti-Worker Bureaucrat Julie Su is Unfit to Serve America’s Workforce
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the House Floor, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to Julie Su’s nomination to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Labor. Su’s history of mismanagement as California’s Secretary of Labor and as Deputy Secretary of Labor makes her unfit to serve America’s workforce.
Foxx Leads Letter to Secretary Cardona Over Harassment of Riley Gaines
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by 12 Committee Members, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona raising major questions about what the Department is doing to protect free speech and intellectual discourse on college campuses following the harassment of former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines at San Francisco State University.
Foxx Rips Education Department for Radicalizing American History and Civics Program
By DOL Newswire | Apr 29, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding the Education Department’s newly released American history and civics’ grant priorities...
Neal Statement On Itc Report On U.s. Preference Program For Sub-saharan Africa
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 29, 2023
Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (Commission) report, Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Program Usage, Trends, and Sectoral Highlights
Neal, Blumenauer Statement On U.s. Acceptance Of The Wto Fisheries Subsidies Agreement
By DOL Newswire Report | Apr 28, 2023
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) applauded United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai’s signing and presentation of the United States’ instrument of acceptance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: