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Smith: Bernie’s Budget a “Roadmap to Ruin for America’s Working Families”
Washington, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders released his Fiscal Year…
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Smith: “When it comes to paying for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the math just does not add up”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the…
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Smith Floor Remarks on Reckless Spending in Democrat FY22 Minibus
As Prepared for Delivery Madam Speaker, We are debating a spending bill under a budget that does not exist. Six months into Joe Biden’s presidency…
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GAO Confirms Over $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week published a report on federal pandemic relief aid detailing large sums of federal funding that remain…
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House Budget Republicans Call for Immediate Action to Reduce Government Spending as Part of Debt Limit Debate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican members of the House Budget Committee have sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the inclusion of spending restraints and controls to combat…
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Smith Urges Legal Action Against Biden Administration for Cancelling Border Wall, Presses Administration for Transparency on Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) calling for…
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Smith Op-Ed: Biden wants to double the IRS, can Americans stomach another scandal?
By Rep. Jason Smith WashingtonTimes.com There is probably no acronym in the English language that provokes more fear for the average American taxpayer than the…
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Smith Demands Biden Administration Reveal Full Cost of Cancelling Border Wall
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) today issued a formal request to the Biden Administration’s Undersecretary of Defense, Michael McCord, for…
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Smith Statement on Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax and Spending Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday evening, Senate Democrats announced they had reached a topline agreement of $3.5 trillion for a massive tax and spending plan. House Budget Committee…
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