WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, vice chair of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * Today, Vice Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) led a full Committee on Small Business hearing titled "Conducting Oversight: Testimony from the Small Business Administrator." Vice Chairman Luetkemeyer issued the following statement after today's hearing. "Today's hearing was critically important in conducting oversight of the SBA  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, led by Chairman Ann Wagner (MO-02), is holding a hearing entitled, "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." Read Chairman Wagner's opening remarks as prepared for delivery. "Thank you for joining today's hearing where we will address clear e  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, on March 20, 2024: * * * "Thank you for joining us today, Secretary Becerra. "This hearing provides an opportunity to examine the policy proposals outlined in President Biden's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS is an incredibly importa  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Joe Biden's abuse of public office, on March 20, 2024: * * * "Thank you Chairman Comer and Ranking Member Raskin. "From the beginning of this investigation, we've made clear that we will follow the facts wherever they lead. The facts have led us to two conclusions: One, the Biden Family has for years traded on Joe Biden's name in order t  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on March 20, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement in response to the Federal Reserve's announcement that it is maintaining interest rates at the highest level in 23 years: "Interest rates are remaining at the highest levels in 23 years because Bidenflation is still out of control, yet the President's   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved bipartisan legislation to strengthen, support, and authorize funding for the United States Coast Guard, one of the Nation's six armed services. The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 7659) supports the Coast Guard and its critical missions to safeguard t  more