Jason Smith

We can operate in in-person hearings in Washington, DC. during the coronavirus.

The best way to do that is to have in-person hearings, instead of these virtual hearings, and definitely no proxy voting, which is unconstitutional.

By not planning ahead, it clearly hurts our troops, and it is because Congress is not doing their job in passing a budget, going through the regular appropriations process.

I have always thought for some time that the thought of this Committee doing their job and preparing a budget and passing it was a bipartisan issue.

Today marks 36 days until this Committee needs to pass a budget.

Last week, Mr. Chairman, it was proven that it is a bipartisan issue.

Just over 12 hours ago, President Donald J. Trump stood in this Chamber and delivered an incredible State of the Union Address. He highlighted numerous successes during his time as President of the United States: Over 7 million jobs…

I thank Mr. Newhouse for yielding and for organizing this Special Order. I thank him for presenting to this body this piece of legislation with all the reforms of the Endangered Species Act. It is something that is extremely important…

As a result of Medicaid expansion, we have been able to treat about 125,000 additional patients.

This is very important. We shouldn't be surprised. Democrats have introduced Articles of Impeachment against five out of our last six Republican Presidents. They are the party of impeachment. The Democrats are the party of impeachment. The…

I come from a State that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats. Your frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from the Show Me State. You have to show me. The only thing that you all have shown so far is that…

Our country is in a period of remarkable economic growth.

We must promise to continue enacting both fiscal and monetary policy that works for folks back home.

By direction of the Republican Conference, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 596 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby…

Most of our members do not know that they work at CFATS facility until after an issue with the program arises.

I think the strength of CRA is its flexibility, and I think it is also the weakness of CRA.

Today I rise in support of my amendment which would demonstrate the environmental benefits of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, as well as show the cost of delaying passage of this agreement. USMCA is groundbreaking in more ways than…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 288, line 24, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000) (increased by $500,000)''…

Nancy Pelosi, who spoke in this Committee just at the very beginning, said that a budget is a statement of your values.

Let us talk about it. Let us see your values.

I am asking Speaker Pelosi and the House Democrats to pass a budget.

We are going to need a lot of imagination to deal with the issues that are coming forward, a lot of good thinking about what is going--about how we solve the problems with rural health.

In particular, I am glad that President Trump shares my views on the importance of making the 20 percent pass-through rate for small businesses permanent.

I believe that Trump's economic policies are clearly working.

It's truly the policies of serving the American people and not the government itself.