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Jason Smith

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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.

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Apr 18, 2023

Why in the world would we send $1, $1 of U.S. taxpayer dollars to the Chinese Communist Party?

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Apr 18, 2023

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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Apr 17, 2023

I believe my Democrat colleagues are every bit as interested in continuing the good work we did with USMCA...

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Apr 17, 2023

In my view, there is no treading water on trade matters. You are either moving ahead or you are losing ground.

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Mar 28, 2023

I hope this can be the area where Congress can come together and ensure that our welfare policies will work for a new generation.

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Mar 28, 2023

Government policies have too often encouraged Americans not to work, resulting in increased dependency and millions of unfilled jobs.

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Mar 28, 2023

If we don't get welfare right, then we run the risk of trapping people in a generational cycle of poverty.

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Mar 28, 2023

Families like the one I grew up in and millions of others across America, they do the best they can to stretch every dollar to make ends meet.

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Mar 28, 2023

This is a first step in ensuring that welfare programs work for America's families by helping lift them out of poverty and instead of keeping them trapped.

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Mar 27, 2023

I am looking for a course correction, and I see nothing but doubling down on the policies that are driving the deficit spending and the debt and very little consideration, in my opinion, for our children and grandchildren because we are…

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Mar 27, 2023

President Biden's budget also cuts Medicare. For example, under current law Medicare faces 500 billion in cuts created solely by Democrats' spending spree.

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Mar 27, 2023

Regular folks will have less access to care and fewer new drugs, up to 342 fewer, according to one study.

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Mar 27, 2023

It is just a huge concern for 31 million Americans, and we are very concerned.

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Mar 27, 2023

These seniors who prefer Medicare Advantage plans need assurance from the Administration that their cost, coverage, and access to care will not be impacted.

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Mar 27, 2023

both parties have made their contributions to this runaway deficit and unsustainable debt trajectory.

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Mar 27, 2023

So I guess can we count on your support of efforts to make many of these provisions permanent that have proven to be effective and especially for patients themselves?

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Mar 27, 2023

So we are spending taxpayer monies to subsidize people that are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

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Mar 27, 2023

Is that the real--it is okay. It is a position. It is a view of the world and government's role. It is not my view, but is that--and I am not being cute about it. Is that the intention of these expansions of Obamacare to people making…

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Mar 27, 2023

Quit talking. Go save this country from a debt crisis.

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Mar 27, 2023

The President's new budget presents no plan to stop them and threatens seniors' hard-earned benefits.

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Mar 27, 2023

The President's new budget expands Democrats' harmful drug price control, which means higher prices for new medicines.

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Mar 27, 2023

it is the highest levels of sustained spending, taxes, and deficits in the history of the United States.

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Mar 27, 2023

The President's 2024 budget doubles down on harmful policies that will only make access and affordability of care worse.

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Mar 23, 2023

U.S. engagement in Latin America is vital to securing key supply chains and countering China's influence.

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Mar 23, 2023

Mexico must uphold its USMCA obligations.

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