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Delivering Funding for Border Security

June 12, 2026

Last week, my Republican colleagues and I did what Democrats spent 115 days trying to prevent and ensured that resources…

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Relief for Working Moms and Dads — Not Billionaires

June 06, 2026

On June 4, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before my Ways and Means Committee to share how the Working Families…

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Smith, Alford, and Schmitt Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Enhance Efforts to Locate Missing Adults with Disabilities

June 05, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08), Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), and Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the…

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Chairman Smith: Democrats Hold Americans' Security and Safety Hostage

Jason Smith

Jason Smith is a 7th generation Missourian, a 4th generation owner of his family’s farm, a citizen-legislator, and a champion for the rights and values of rural Missourians.

Jason chairs the Ways and Means Committee – the oldest committee in Congress. He became the youngest Ways and Means Chairman since before the Civil War and the first Missourian to lead the Committee since John Phelps – the namesake of Missouri’s Phelps County – in 1859.

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