WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today welcomed Congressman Kevin Kiley, a Republican representing California's 3rd Congressional District, to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "Congressman Kiley brings a range of valuable experience to the Committee, as a former teacher  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 11, 2024, at a hearing on expanding on the success of the 2017 tax relief: * * * "Seven years ago, Republicans passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act under President Trump, delivering relief to millions of families and small businesses and creating the best economy in our lifetime. "In the first two years after passage of that tax relief, real wages g  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded President Biden's latest proposal to provide student debt relief to Americans across the country. If enacted, the plan would bring the number of borrowers who have seen some or all of their debt forgiven during the Biden-Harris Administration to more than 30 million. "When President Biden ran for office in 2020, he promised to use every to  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation, introduced today by Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) and Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY), would establish an advisory committee under the Financial Stability Oversight Council to develop an economic plan to mitigate the catastrophic economic fallout from potential Chinese military aggression towards Taiwan. The advisory committee, whose members would include key federal  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: This week, Ways and Means Republican Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced legislation, the Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act, to avert changes in an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement action that would block state child support agencies from utilizing contractors for the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) program. Were they to take eff  more