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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.
I rise in support of the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. This bipartisan bill continues a bipartisan policy that has already enabled the Federal Government to identify, prevent, and recover hundreds of millions of dollars…
I remind this body that the reason why these COVID-era tax credits expired is because the Democrats focused all their resources on helping their wealthy environmentalists with permanent tax credits for electric vehicles and solar panels.
Mr. Speaker, I will remind the body that the reason why these enhanced subsidies are expiring is because the Democrats are the only ones in this Chamber who voted for them to expire on December 31. Apparently, they regret that vote because…
I include in the Record the bombshell GAO report showing the waste, fraud, and abuse within the ObamaCare exchanges. GAO, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, December 3, 2025. Hon. Brett Guthrie, Chairman, Committee on…
Mr. Speaker, a lost or stolen Social Security number can cause a lifetime of harm to American children. Every year, more than a million children become victims of identity fraud. Current Social Security Administration policy makes it…
A mother testifying before the Ways and Means Committee told us how it took ``hours of effort over months'' to protect her daughter from identity theft and that ``the threat will never completely go away unless she is assigned a new Social…
holds woke, elite universities that operate more like major corporations … accountable, ensuring they can no longer abuse generous benefits provided through the tax code.
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.
Mr. Speaker, before November, Americans wondered whether our best days were behind us. Democrats fueled inflation. They opened our borders, funded illegal immigration with your tax dollars, and increased IRS audits on the middle class, all…
President Trump stopped the flow of illegal immigrants over our borders — this bill will stop the flow of taxpayer benefits to their pockets.
Mr. Speaker, let's talk about who benefits from this bill. A single mom, a waitress in Nevada is working long hours. She is raising one child. She is living paycheck to paycheck. She gets a bigger standard deduction underneath our…
Mr. Speaker, President Trump and the Republican trifecta were elected this November to deliver results for the American people. This one big, beautiful bill we are considering today pinpoints waste, fraud, and abuse. It secures our…
this is what this one big, beautiful bill is all about. This is what 77 million Americans voted for: make the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on car loan interest, and tax relief for seniors. The…
Mr. Speaker, today, we embark on a golden age for working families and small businesses with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We make permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts. We add a $1,300 tax cut for families, compared to what they are paying…
If we don't deliver on this, every single American — 207 million taxpayers — will face a 22% tax increase. So failure is not an option.
Rwanda under the long-ruling Kagame dictatorship is simply not a safe country, it’s a totalitarian police state by any standard.
The bill before us is simple. Those taxpayers who will be filing their taxes electronically on April 15, just a couple of weeks from now, should be treated the same as taxpayers who use postmarked mail. Unfortunately, under current law…
I imagine the American people would be surprised and no doubt disappointed to learn that the very organization whose mission it is to advocate on behalf of taxpayers relies on legal advice provided by attorneys who are employed by, and…
Yesterday, my colleagues introduced an amendment that would limit prosecution of fraud cases with at least $100,000 in stolen funds. Apparently, Mr. Speaker, Democrats want to give some criminals a get- out-of-jail-free card. Let me give…
A criminal, Mr. Speaker, is a criminal no matter how much they steal from the American taxpayers. H.R. 1156 is a must-pass bill for anyone interested in enforcing the rule of law. I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman…
I offer a resolution constituting a question of the privileges of the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. DesJarlais). The Clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read as follows: H. Res. 212 Resolved, That Senate Joint Resolution 3…
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