Jason Smith

it’s going to get bouncy.

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

Nearly 400,000 American children today are in the Nation's child welfare system and counting on us to help them secure access to a permanent, loving, and stable home. At the same time, thousands of parents across the Nation are ready and…

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

I want to thank Mr. Arrington for yielding. Mr. Chair, 4 years ago, President Trump left Joe Biden a blueprint for success, and then Democrats proceeded to open our borders, undermine American energy, and spend trillions of dollars on…

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

It’s just a first step in the process.

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

Business as usual at the IRS is unacceptable.

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

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

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

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.

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

I point out that the prior speaker voted in April for the exact language that she was railing against, for due process. The only thing that has changed for the majority of the people changing their votes over there is Donald Trump was…

We just heard that a sixth grader could see that this is unconstitutional. However, a Harvard lawyer thought this was okay in April when it passed with only 11 dissenting votes, so to me, I believe that argument does not hold water…

One of the speakers on the other side who had previously voted in support of this bill said last week, when explaining his new opposition: ``With Trump's election, the conditions have changed.'' We just heard that from the prior speaker…

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…

I include in the Record a September 24, 2024, letter from the Committee on Ways and Means to the IRS that refers the Alliance for Global Justice to the IRS for revocation of its tax-exempt status. House of Representatives, Committee on…

Only in Washington is a bill that passed 382-11 considered deeply controversial, a bill that says that U.S. tax dollars should not subsidize terrorist organizations. The other side views that as deeply controversial. That is the statement…

I will point out the reason why this Chamber cannot take up the bill that was passed by the United States Senate to make sure there are not penalties for hostages is because of a thing called the U.S. Constitution. It is called Article I…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- minute vote on passage of H.R. 9495 will be followed by a…

The Alliance of Global Justice, an Arizona-based, tax-exempt organization currently fiscally sponsors Samidoun, a group which was recently designated as a sham charity in financial support of terrorists--by what? The Biden Department of…

America's public servants deserve to be treated fairly by Social Security, and all of America's seniors deserve access to the benefits that they have earned and to live out their retirement with dignity. These truths are not mutually…

The windfall elimination provision, or WEP as it is more commonly known, was put in place more than four decades ago to prevent workers with earnings that were exempt from Social Security payroll taxes from getting more generous treatment…