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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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Jun 13, 2022

Our Democrat colleagues are holding this hearing to take a victory lap that which shows just how of touch they are.

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Jun 13, 2022

It has been over 15 months since the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, as I refer to it as the Biden bailout bill, was signed into law, sparking the highest inflation in 40 years.

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Jun 13, 2022

Many of these made it more rewarding to stay out of the work force in 2021 than seek gainful employment, worsening the labor and supply chain problems we see today.

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Jun 13, 2022

Interest rates are continuing to rise under this Administration.

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Jun 13, 2022

This is why we need answers from the Administration.

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Jun 8, 2022

Today's rule is an all-too- familiar pattern of the legislative laziness from my Democrat colleagues. Once again, Washington Democrats are hiding their spending from the American people. They are smuggling their spending levels for the…

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Jun 7, 2022

As the Republican leader of the House Budget Committee, I led a group of 12 Members of Congress last week to the Rio Grande Valley to see firsthand the real cost of President Biden's disastrous immigration agenda. There were major gaps in…

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May 25, 2022

The story this baseline tells us is a story of one-party Democrat rule in Washington.

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May 25, 2022

So that is not a deficit reduction. And Biden's $2.78 trillion deficit in 2021 was the second highest in the history of America, driven in large part by his unpaid for $2 trillion American Rescue Plan.

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May 25, 2022

The Budget and Economic Outlook released by the Congressional Budget Office yesterday shows the impact of one-party Democrat rule in Washington over the past year.

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May 18, 2022

For the millions of Americans struggling under skyrocketing prices, President Biden's attention to this issue is a day late and many dollars short. For the first year in office, he denied inflation existed and then dismissed it as…

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May 16, 2022

President Biden's strategy of blaming inflation on a new villain every month is failing.

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May 16, 2022

It added $2 trillion to the deficit and sparked an inflationary fire that has driven a massive rise in prices to all Americans.

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May 16, 2022

It's been over 1,400 days since we marked up a budget resolution in this Committee.

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May 16, 2022

Inflation has risen 11 percent since President Biden took office and it continues to run at a 40-year high.

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May 16, 2022

When are we going to talk about the impact mounting debt is having on our budget and American families?

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May 16, 2022

It is fair to say the country is in a different place since our last Members' Day and not a good place.

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Apr 26, 2022

We need accounting of resources like those left behind in Afghanistan that are now arming the Taliban.

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Apr 26, 2022

Mr. McCord, President Biden's defense budget spends $3.1 billion on climate programs.

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Apr 26, 2022

The national security threats at our border and around the world, the highest spike in prices in 40 years, skyrocketing energy costs--President Biden may see these as an inconvenient political problem, but American families, they see them…

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Apr 7, 2022

Americans are facing the worst inflation crisis in 40 years because of the Democrats' reckless spending agenda, including President Biden's $2 trillion bailout bill. President Biden's new budget deliberately doubles down on that agenda. It…

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Apr 6, 2022

The administration is removing healthcare workers, Federal employees, and members of the Armed Forces from their jobs if they refuse to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, over 160,000 unvaccinated and untested illegal aliens crossed our border…

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Apr 5, 2022

You gave yourself $2 trillion in additional so called COVID relief funding on top of the $4 trillion Congress had already enacted.

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Apr 5, 2022

In short, our own government is using taxpayer dollars to prioritize illegal immigrants over its citizens.

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Apr 5, 2022

I also think that sending $1,400 checks to Japanese citizens living in Japan did not help stop COVID.

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