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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Wednesday March 13, 2024 ( 5 items )  

House Approves Bill to Improve Utilization of Federal Office Space
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The House of Representatives today passed the Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies (USE IT) Act of 2023 (H.R. 6276), legislation that sets space occupancy standards to incentivize federal workers to return to the office or lose office space. The bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) and th  more

House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security Chairman Luetkemeyer Delivers Remarks at Hearing to Restore National Security as Focus of Defense Production Act Reauthorization
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), is holding a hearing entitled "Mission Critical: Restoring National Security  more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith Issues Opening Statement - Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural & Underserved Communities
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on enhancing access to care at home in rural and underserved communities, on March 12, 2024: * * * "Today, millions of Americans are able to get access to quality health care right in their home because of technological advancements and new flexibilities implemented by hospitals and doctors for the patients they treat. "Over 3.2 million pat  more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith: Direct E-File Program No One Asked for Is Simply a Way to Expand IRS
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on March 12, 2024: * * * As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched pilot programs throughout the U.S. for an unauthorized direct e-file program, Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement: "This pilot program is simply a way to expand the power of the IRS that no one asked for, especially considering Americans already have   more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith: Families Need Tax Relief, Not Another Round of President Biden Failed Economic Policies
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on March 12, 2024: * * * House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed prices rising 18.6 percent since President Biden took office: "Today's report showing the degree to which working families have and continue to pay the price for the Washington Democrats' spending spree  more