WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith: Biden IRS Crypto Rule Is Unfair and Unworkable Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during floor debate on H.J.Res 25, a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of a Biden DeFi Broker IRS rule. As prepared for delivery. "I rise today in strong support o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: Democrats Attempting to Undermine Critical Work Being Done to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during a committee markup of H.Res. 127. As prepared for delivery. "Welcome to today's markup of two resolutions of inquiry from committee Democrats  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith: If Congress Doesn't Extend Statute of Limitations, Criminals Will Get Away With Unemployment Insurance Fraud Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during floor debate on H.R. 1156, the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act. As prepared for delivery. "The   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: President Trump and House Republicans Are Committed to Preserving Social Security Benefits Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during a committee markup of H.Res. 195. As prepared for delivery. "Last November, the American people overwhelmingly rejected the Biden Administration'  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: Workers Need the Relief and Prosperity to Come from Extending Trump Tax Cuts and Enacting the America First Economic Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report: "Any lower  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Committee Leaders' Joint Statement on NTSB's Preliminary Report on Crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington, DC - Joint statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Aviation Subc  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Onder Introduces Bill to End the Trafficking of Aborted Babies Washington, D.C. - Congressman Bob Onder (R-MO-03) introduced the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act alongside Congressman Chris Smith, Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, to defend the dignity of unborn children killed by abortion. This legislation would end taxpayer support of any research using fetal tissue obtai  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Hearing Highlights Importance of Reauthorizing Loan Programs to Help American Communities Address Wastewater Infrastructure Needs Washington, D.C. - The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee today held a hearing to examine the benefits to states and local communities of federal water infrastructure financing p  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Legislation to Empower Law Enforcement to Continue Prosecuting Pandemic Unemployment Fraud and Recoup Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sixteen days before the statute of limitations to prosecute the theft of COVID-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud expires, the U.S. House of Representative  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Ways & Means Legislation to Rollback Biden Administration's Midnight Crypto Rule in Bipartisan Vote The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to rollback a last-minute cryptocurrency rule published by the Department of Treasury in the waning days of the Biden Administration that would cripple American digital asset leadership, stif  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cleaver Joins 159 Lawmakers in Condemning Any Effort by Trump Administration to Privatize USPS (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and 158 members of Congress in condemning any effort by the Trump Administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter to President Trump, the lawmakers ex  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hawley Chairs Hearing on Fighting Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, Calls for Empowering Big Tech's Victims Today in the first Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)--chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)--urged the Committee to quickly pass their marquee legisl  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Holds Hearing on Restoring the SBA to Its Intended Mission: Serving Main Street WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO), Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations,   more