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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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Jul 10, 2025

Holds woke, elite universities that operate more like major corporations … accountable, ensuring they can no longer abuse generous benefits provided through the tax code.

slate.com
Jul 4, 2025

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.

breitbart.com
Jul 3, 2025

The speech will not change the outcome that you will see very shortly.

cbsnews.com
Jun 3, 2025

President Trump stopped the flow of illegal immigrants over our borders — this bill will stop the flow of taxpayer benefits to their pockets.

cbsnews.com
Jun 3, 2025

Working families, farmers and small businesses win with this bill.

cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025

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…

govinfo.gov
May 21, 2025

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…

govinfo.gov
May 16, 2025

Lawmakers have a duty to make sure that taxpayers are not subsidizing terrorism.

cnn.com
May 12, 2025

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.

cbsnews.com
May 6, 2025

Rwanda under the long-ruling Kagame dictatorship is simply not a safe country, it’s a totalitarian police state by any standard.

msnbc.com
May 5, 2025

Failure is simply not an option.

cbsnews.com
Mar 11, 2025

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…

govinfo.gov
Mar 6, 2025

It’ll definitely have winners and losers all across the board.

nbcnews.com
Feb 27, 2025

Well, it’s a cost. And so the policy baseline is one way to help get it.

nbcnews.com
Feb 24, 2025

We did something that people didn’t think we could do. We passed a budget resolution.

nbcnews.com
Feb 24, 2025

It’s just a first step in the process.

nbcnews.com
Feb 13, 2025

Business as usual at the IRS is unacceptable...Our government has not been working effectively for the American people, and it needs to change.

newsweek.com
Feb 13, 2025

Our government has not been working effectively for the American people, and it needs to change.

newsweek.com
Feb 13, 2025

Business as usual at the IRS is unacceptable.

newsweek.com
Feb 11, 2025

Passing one big, beautiful bill is the best way to ensure as much as possible of President Trump's agenda is enacted.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

Passing one big, beautiful bill is the best way to ensure as much as possible of President Trump's agenda is enacted.

newsweek.com
Feb 10, 2025

According to [the Congressional Budget Office], in order to do a 10-year extension of just the expiring tax cuts is over $4.7 trillion.

nbcnews.com
Dec 7, 2024

I am worried that everyday Americans will face a tax increase if Congress doesn’t act appropriately.

alternet.org
Nov 21, 2024

I disagree with everything the gentlewoman from Missouri (Ms. Bush) said. What I will say is that at least she is consistent. She was 1 of the 11 that voted against the bill in April. Unfortunately, we have seen a lot of other people…

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