Jason Smith

It is not merely House Republicans, as some would want to purport to say.

The Democrats could have brought up that bill last term, last term.

The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, with no assistance from the White House, did nothing about it.

Today, the Secretary of Health and Human Services said to Americans that we deserve better than what we have gotten with ObamaCare. America sure does deserve better. This is the first time in the history of our country that American…

I urge every one of my colleagues to monitor and watch these crazy regulations that come from every department, whether it is the National Park Service or whether it is the IRS.

We do not appreciate it. And I am glad that the local park superintendant did rescind that rule, but the fact that rule was ever in place is unacceptable.

Yesterday people across this country were shocked to learn that families of troops who died in combat are being denied death benefits, including a fellow Missourian. Like so many in my district, I was appalled to see news reports showing…

President Obama must stop playing politics with our National Park System. The parks belong to every American and should not be held hostage in President Obama's political game. In the 1960s, the Federal Government established the Ozark…

Thank you very much. It's a great honor to be here this evening to talk about the effects that ObamaCare has on the folks in rural Missouri. I also want to thank my colleague and my neighbor just west of me in Missouri, Congresswoman Vicky…

Deficit Day is the symbolic day each calendar year when the Federal Government runs out of money and begins adding to the already enormous debt. Despite the $2.7 trillion the government is estimated to collect this year from taxes…

I understand the difference between a legislator and a judge.

When I talk to folks back home in my rural Missouri district, it remains clear that our families and businesses want to defund ObamaCare. As time goes on, the list of problems with the President's health care mandate continues to get…

Let me begin first by saying I fully support increasing the timber harvest on Federal lands, and I'm excited for the opportunity to create jobs and stimulate the economy in my rural Missouri district. The issue that my amendment deals…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. DeFAZIO. I certainly don't know what is best for the Mark…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title II (page 26, after line 22), add the following new section: SEC. 207. MORATORIUM ON USE…

I commend the Congressman for recognizing the need to correct a major supply chain vulnerability in the United States, that of critical and strategic minerals. Many of us in Congress only heard of the concept of strategic minerals after we…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 367, the REINS Act of 2013. As a member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and a cosponsor, I am pleased to see a good reform bill like REINS come to the floor…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Missouri will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Latham The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 6, beginning on line 12, strike ``sections 804(2)(A), 804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C)'' and insert ``clauses…

Clearly, the few square miles that hover around the District of Columbia, it seems like they know how to better manage our forest or our rivers or our lives or our kids working on the farms, you name it. They believe that that's the…

I appreciate it. I want to thank my good friend from Georgia. It's a great honor being in this Chamber for 42 days. I definitely have some issues that are quite important to me. Madam Speaker, one issue that I would like to highlight…

It is extremely disappointing that any Federal employee that is asked by Congress to come and testify and to give information in a broader sense and they refuse to testify or refuse to be present, that's unacceptable. They shouldn't be a…

I don't see anywhere in the Constitution where it says that we should create a Blueway in the White River basin.

I would really love for the Obama administration to be more open and more transparent.

I cannot express enough how big of an issue this is to the folks that I represent, and the fact that we don't want a part of it.