Jason Smith

Clearly, the President only believes in making taxpayers pay their fair share if they do not share his last name.

Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 325 (Banks Amendment #63 to H.R. 2670), ``yea'' on rollcall No. 326 (Roy Amendment #64 to H.R. 2670), ``nay'' on rollcall No. 327 (On the Motion to Recommit H.R. 2670), and…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 304 (Gaetz Amendment 22 to H.R. 2670), ``aye'' on rollcall No. 305 (Greene Amendment 23 to H.R. 2670), ``aye'' on rollcall No. 306 (Davidson Amendment 24 to H.R. 2670), ``aye''…

If the gentleman from Texas has no further speakers, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

The CHOICE Arrangement Act will expand coverage for more types of workers by allowing employers to offer a CHOICE Arrangement to different groups of employees who may not have been offered health insurance previously, such as part-time or…

When Democrats expanded ObamaCare subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act, those billions of dollars flow directly to large health insurers. CHOICE arrangements, however, allows small businesses--small businesses--to reimburse their own…

All CHOICE Arrangement Act plans must cover preexisting conditions, cap out-of-pocket expenses, and cover key health benefits. CHOICE arrangements do not allow employers to discriminate against any group of employees. They require equal…

I remind the body that Build Back Better was never signed into law because neither the Democrats in the Senate nor the White House would even support it. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).

I appreciate the opportunity to say a few words about the Employer Reporting Improvement Act before us today, introduced by my good friends, Ways and Means colleagues, Representatives Adrian Smith and Mike Thompson. This is a…

If you visit any Main Street in America, you will see that small businesses are struggling. Today's cost of living crisis has made everything from supplies to labor more expensive for mom-and-pop stores all across America. Not only are…

There are few times that I would have yielded time to the gentleman from Michigan, but I would have for that opportunity to finish. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know well, the Chinese Communist Party has an…

I remind my colleagues that the overall U.S. trade remedy system is retrospective. Final duties are always calculated after a product enters the United States upon completion of an investigation or review. We have hundreds of anti-dumping…

For purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, pending which I yield myself such time as I…

One of the reasons I wanted to hold this hearing was after learning about, about everything our former colleague, Governor Kristi Noem, had to deal with after Congress publicly disclosed the Social Security numbers of her, her husband, all…

Democrats are falsely claiming that this bill claws back relief funds from Americans who received an overpayment through no fault of their own. The language in this bill is crystal clear. It is focused on recovering overpayments due to…

My colleagues on the other side have noted their objection to this bill's rescission of unobligated COVID funds sitting unused at the Department of Labor. They claim these funds are important in combating UI fraud, but the reality couldn't…

In it, my State's workforce directory notes their experience with tiger teams. It says: ``More recent funding opportunities, such as the equity and tiger team grants, provide limited flexibility to address program integrity and ongoing…

I have also worked on legislation which would create some commonsense guardrails for CMMI.

I do want to associate myself with the concerns that Chairman Buchanan expressed regarding the TRIPS waiver.

The American worker should be at the center of our trade policy.

I include in the Record an article from Politico called ``Trio of Democratic senators back resolution to undue Biden's solar tariff pause.'' [From POLITICO PRO, Apr. 26, 2023] Trio of Democratic Senators Back Resolution To Undo Biden's…

I include in the Record a press release from President Biden's Department of Commerce that states the Department determined in December 2022, after a thorough investigation, that Chinese solar companies are circumventing U.S. tariffs on…

I include in the Record a statement from the Uyghur Human Rights Project in support of H.J. Res. 39. Uyghur Human Rights Project, April 18, 2023. To the Members of the Committee: I write in strong support of H.J. Res. 39. This bipartisan…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 221, nays 202, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 202] YEAS--221 Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei Armstrong…

The statement highlights the close connection between the CCP solar industry and the ongoing human rights abuses and forced labor being perpetrated against the Uyghurs. This is bipartisan consensus that these practices are unacceptable and…