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Smith Congratulates Southeast Missouri Students Accepted to Service Academies

May 04, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) congratulated students from the 8th Congressional District who accepted appointments to attend…

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Smith Applauds $280 Million in FEMA Relief for Missouri Hospitals

May 03, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) today celebrated the announcement of $280 million in FEMA Public Assistance grants to…

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Another Win for the Pro-Life Movement

May 01, 2026

This week, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous verdict in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport to protect crisis…

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Chairman Smith: Our Health Care System Needs to Cut Middlemen and Put Doctors Back in Control

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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