WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), along with U.S. Representatives Sam Graves (Mo.), Ann Wagner (Mo.), and Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.), sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to demand the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Sorting and Distribution Center in Hazelwood, Mo., to determine why mail delivery is significantly delayed and inconsistent in communities across eastern Missouri, especially in rural areas. Click HERE... READ MORE
As a young kid, I always loved helping out on my grandparents’ farm. It was an opportunity to spend quality time with family and it helped me learn the value of hard work. It’s also what inspired me to join FFA, study agriculture in college, and do whatever it would take to one day purchase the farm, which I was able to do using the money I made from harvesting timber on the property while I was in law school. Running my farm, which has been in my family for four generations, isn’t easy. But the... READ MORE
As someone who strongly believes that the best government is that which is closest to the people, I’m incredibly frustrated by how much the federal government has grown since our nation was founded nearly 250 years ago. Whenever the Left is in control of Washington, they do everything they can to force their values on the rest of America – and the biggest tool they have is the Washington bureaucracy. Whether they’re trying to ban gas powered vehicles, dictating what you can or can’t do on your l... READ MORE
Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) announced that he has coauthored legislation to block the Biden administration’s rule mandating electronic identification (EID) eartags for cattle and bison moving interstate. “The Biden administration has no business forcing Missouri ranchers to comply with this overreaching, expensive, and unworkable mandate,” said Smith. “Sadly, this is just another example of Washington bureaucrats trying to dictate how America’s ranchers – the best in the world –... READ MORE
American farmers and ranchers have faced increasing challenges in recent years made worse by President Biden’s refusal to lay out a strategic trade agenda and, worse, his failure to advocate for American agriculture on the world stage. In 2023, the U.S. agricultural trade deficit reached a staggering $21 billion, continuing a trend of rising trade deficits that began under the current administration. This is especially alarming when compared to the average trade surplus of over $5.2 billion for ... READ MORE
On President Joe Biden’s first day in office, he declared war on American energy by cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have supported thousands of jobs and supplied 830,000 barrels of oil from Canada to U.S. refineries. It’s gotten even worse since then. While his radical, costly energy agenda is popular among the wealthy and most radical fringe of his party, it’s been a complete disaster for working-class Americans who are struggling to keep up with higher costs for everything fro... READ MORE
President Joe Biden frequently says, “Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.” Well, as Biden’s recently released budget proposal for next year makes clear, he is once again doubling down on the very same failed policies that are bankrupting America, waging war on U.S. energy, and fueling the most painful economic crisis in decades. There’s no question that his budget plan is the wrong recipe for America. Biden’s budget proposal includes a $7 trillion... READ MORE
Like so many in southeast and south-central Missouri, agriculture has always been an important part of my life. I’ll never forget the memories I have as a young kid spending time at, and working on, my grandparents’ farm – the very same one I own, operate, and live on today. The experience and skills I gained were very valuable, but nothing made me better prepared to run my cattle ranch – or serve in Congress – than my local FFA chapter. That’s because FFA is about much more than growing crops a... READ MORE
WASHINGTON – On September 20th, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) and several of his Republican colleagues sent a letter to leaders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to raise concerns about regulatory actions taken by the agencies that would expand their authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS). The members warned the agencies to stay within the bounds of authority granted to them by Congress... READ MORE
Farmers in southern Missouri produce some of the highest quality agriculture products found anywhere in the world, from soybeans grown in the Bootheel to cattle raised in the rolling foothills. As a fourth-generation owner of a family farm right here in southern Missouri, I know how hard farmers and ranchers work to produce the feed, fuel, and fiber that’s sold across the world. But I also know that there are many challenges that come with owning and operating a farm. Every year, I visit ranches... READ MORE
