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Jason Thomas Smith is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Smith has focused on various issues including accountability for universities and tax code reforms. He has been an advocate for policies that align with conservative values and has actively participated in legislative discussions on economic and educational reforms.
The statement highlights the close connection between the CCP solar industry and the ongoing human rights abuses and forced labor being perpetrated against the Uyghurs. This is bipartisan consensus that these practices are unacceptable and…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 202, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 202] YEAS--221 Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei Armstrong…
A lack of trust in government was one of the main reasons taxpayers would oppose an IRS system.
I include in the Record a New York Times article titled: ``Poverty, Plunging,'' from September 14, 2022. [From the New York Times, Sept. 14, 2022] Poverty, Plunging: Child Poverty in the U.S. Has Fallen by More Than Half Since the Early…
I include in the Record this JCT analysis from 2022, suggesting that the total costs of the special interest tax credits for the rich in the Inflation Reduction Act would be $271 billion. Mr. Speaker, I also include in the Record…
I include in the Record a March 8, 2021, Politico article titled: ``Biden's welfare flip-flop,'' which points out that President Biden was once an ardent supporter of commonsense welfare reforms, including work requirements. [From…
This article found that child poverty in the U.S. has fallen by more than half, 59 percent, since the early 1990s. When President Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform bill implementing time limits and work requirements, the far left…
Biden was one of 24 Democrat Senators who voted for the 1996 welfare reform bill that President Bill Clinton signed. That bill imposed time limits and work requirements for welfare recipients. In fact, Biden's Deputy Chief of Staff was a…
We have heard a lot of comments just recently about tax provisions that helped the wealthy, the well- off, and the well-connected. Let's point out the Democrats' tax policies that we are ripping out from the roots are helping the wealthy…
I will make myself available once the report is out to answer any questions that you have.
I include in the Record an article detailing how Ford is using a loophole in the IRA to partner with CATL, a major Chinese battery company, on a project intended to harvest EV battery tax credits. Chinese companies are lining up to cash in…
This is an extremely important hearing, one that, as you pointed out, Mr. Larson, 189,000 of my folks are affected by Social Security, including my momma.
the wealthy and politically connected get a massive windfall from the Democrats' taxpayer-subsidized handouts.
I just have concerns that there can be great intentions, but as has happened all too often around this place, actual results are sometimes opposite to what the intentions were.
Today the debt for this great country is 25 percent larger than the entire economy of the United States.
90 percent of these tax credits are going to the wealthiest corporations and to the wealthiest Americans.
taxpayers are footing a bill for these tax breaks that are hundreds of billions above what they were told.
Why in the world would we send $1, $1 of U.S. taxpayer dollars to the Chinese Communist Party?
The devastation in our rural communities--we have way too many people on this dais that don't care about rural America.
Democrats sold America a bill of goods with the Inflation Reduction Act. And the sad part is, once again, America and the American worker will pay the price.
Hopefully, we can all agree that was false advertisement, and it is misleading the American people with respect to the outcomes.
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