Jason Smith: “Federal agencies are creatures of Congress. They did not just exist.”

I rise in support of H.R. 5366, the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Greg Steube, Mike Thompson, and Jimmy Panetta and named after our late colleague, Mr. Doug…

it is disturbing to think that the IRS is allowed to tax survivors of sexual assault on the compensatory damages or the settlements that they have received. Such victims should not have to relitigate their case before the agency, adding…

It is clear the status quo is unacceptable. Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right.

This July 4th, President Trump is signing not just a bill, but a promise kept – a declaration that the American people will once again chart their own destiny and will not allow ourselves to be defined by decline or defeat.