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
What do federal prisoners, Japanese citizens, and illegal immigrants have in common? They all received billions of your tax dollars in federal stimulus checks from the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that liberals in Washington passed under one-party Democrat rule last year. You’re probably wondering how on earth could federal prisoners – including the Boston Marathon Bomber – have received stimulus checks that were paid for by your hard-earned tax dollars. But this is the kind of ab... READ MORE
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), along with dozens of his Republican colleagues, recently sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding answers from the Pentagon regarding the impact of the Biden administration’s military COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the readiness of America’s Armed Forces. “Between training, deployments, and the other responsibilities that come with military service, the last thing our nation’s heroes – and the families who support them – should ha... 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
From the moment President Joe Biden was sworn in, Washington Democrats have been on a non-stop spending spree to grow government and force their political agenda on Americans. As a result, working-class families are increasingly seeing their way of life buried by Washington bureaucrats who have been empowered by one-party Democrat rule in the White House and Congress, driven by their explosive new spending, taxes, and debt. Thanks to policies enacted since Biden took the Oath of Office, the fede... READ MORE
It’s getting harder to watch the news or flip through a newspaper without getting outraged over all of the insanity coming out of Washington. Thanks to the Left’s disastrous leadership, our border is in chaos, the cost of living is the highest it’s been in 40 years, and energy costs are so high that nearly 1 in 6 Americans are behind on their utility bills. And with November just around the corner, President Joe Biden and Washington Democrats are going into overdrive with their desperate panderi... READ MORE
The Missouri State Fair is typically a celebration of Missouri’s agriculture, with farmers and craft makers showing off the latest advances in their field. But while I was at the Missouri State Fair earlier this month, the topic getting all the attention was Washington Democrats’ ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act, a $745 billion spending bill packed full of handouts for the wealthy and big corporations. In our conversations it was immediately clear that Washington Democrats failed in th... READ MORE
Americans of all political stripes have learned over the years to dread three letters of the alphabet: I-R-S. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a fearsome government agency with an incredibly disturbing history of abusing its power. Under President Obama, senior career officials in the agency were overtly targeting conservatives for their political beliefs, and under President Biden the agency engaged in leaking highly sensitive taxpayer information to help advance Biden’s tax increases. Thi... READ MORE
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.), House Budget Committee Republican Leader and a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined Fox News’ America’s Newsroom to slam Washington Democrats’ $745 billion spending bill. As Budget Republican Leader, Smith has led the effort in Congress to expose the Inflation Act’s wasteful and inflationary spending, detail its middle- and low-income tax increases, and expose how it will unleash an army of 87,000 new IRS agents to audit ... READ MORE
Last week, the Department of Labor’s inflation report confirmed what American families already know all too well: inflation remains at a 40-year high. Over the last 19 months of one-party Democrat rule in Washington, hardworking American families have been crushed by President Biden’s policies. Over that time, real wages have gone down by 4.5%, interest rates continue to climb, our economy is in a recession, and sky-high inflation – up 13.7% since President Biden took office - is costing Missour... READ MORE
