Press Releases
CBO Confirms: Higher Inflation Harms Wages, Increases Tax Burden, & Decreases Investment in America’s Future
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 29, 2021, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting an analysis of how today’s high rate of inflation - fueled by unprecedented levels of government spending - is driving up prices, negatively impacting the real incomes of working Americans, increasing effective tax rates on the earnings of Americans, and driving down investment and long-term economic growth. Under the Biden … Continue Reading
August 24, 2021
Democrats Smuggle Budget Past House to Enact Partisan Agenda, Spend Trillions, & Raise Taxes on Working Class Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith issued the following statement today after Washington Democrats approved a $68 trillion budget authored by socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, triggering a partisan reconciliation process to allow for $3.5 trillion in new spending and taxes on Americans — all without an actual vote on the budget: “Today, House Democrats used a scheme to avoid a direct vote on the Bernie budget, because they do not have the votes to pass … Continue Reading
August 23, 2021
Smith Testimony at House Rules Committee on FY22 Budget
As Prepared for Delivery Thank you Mr. Chairman, As any family or small business knows, a budget is important. In Washington, it is supposed to guide the fiscal trajectory of our nation and to allow the American people to keep Congress honest about its spending. Unfortunately, the failure by my colleagues on the other side to pass a budget has not stopped them from spending. The House has already voted on several spending bills for FY 2022, without any sort of real budget to guide the … Continue Reading
August 20, 2021
Smith Op-Ed: The 'Bernie Budget' is a disaster for working Americans
By Rep. Jason Smith FoxNews.com All across Washington, Democrats are relishing the opportunity to use a budget from Senator Bernie Sanders to unlock $3.5 trillion in new spending and taxes on American families. Washington Democrats have been quick to claim credit for the future success they say their $3.5 trillion spending spree will bring to Americans. But what they are not talking about are the failures hiding in the shadows of this massive spending and tax plan - a roadmap to ruin that … Continue Reading
August 19, 2021
THE WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS’ TAX & SPENDING SPREE:
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING… This week the Senate passed a budget, authored by self-described socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, that included a reckless $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree. Bernie’s Budget is the means by which Washington Democrats will try to ram through their socialist agenda and raise taxes and spending levels to historic highs. Meanwhile, runaway inflation continues to drive consumer prices higher and cripple family budgets, fueled by trillions in reckless … Continue Reading
August 09, 2021
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 2022 budget resolution which also contained reconciliation instructions for at least $3.5 trillion in new spending and taxes on American workers and families: “What Senator Sanders and Washington Democrats are offering is a roadmap to ruin for America’s working families. After 1,000 days of failing to … Continue Reading
August 05, 2021
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 Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill: “When it comes to paying for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the math just does not add up. The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed what our analysis concluded earlier this week — the offsets in the bill will not fully cover what it will spend, certainly not … Continue Reading
July 27, 2021
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 and Congress still has not passed a budget for fiscal year 22. In fact, Democrats have been in the majority for nearly 1,000 days, and they have failed to pass anything close to a real budget. In the bill before us today, Democrats want to give Washington bureaucrats an average raise of 21 percent. Their plan will fuel a massive growth … Continue Reading
July 27, 2021
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 unspent. As Congressional Democrats continue their calls for at least $3.5 trillion in new government spending, the GAO report estimates that more than $1 trillion in pandemic relief aid approved over the last year remains unspent, including $156 billion by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and another $210 … Continue Reading
July 22, 2021
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 rising inflation as part of any discussion over the upcoming debt limit expiration. Over the past two years, the federal government has recorded its highest budget deficits in history and largest yearly expenditures that have led to historic levels of inflation. The current debt limit suspension, set to expire on … Continue Reading
July 16, 2021
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 legal action against the Biden Administration for failing to adhere to federal law by freezing congressionally-appropriated funds for border wall construction projects, in violation of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA). In a second letter sent concurrently, Smith pressed the Biden Administration’s Department of … Continue Reading
July 16, 2021
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 initials I-R-S. In fact, polling recently showed a whopping 65 percent of Americans believe the Internal Revenue Service is already too powerful. But, for President Joe Biden, the IRS is the key to jumpstarting his radical, progressive agenda. As the Republican Leader of the House Budget Committee, I have spent a great deal of time … Continue Reading
July 14, 2021
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 a complete accounting of the litigation and settlement costs that have resulted, or are projected to result, from President Biden’s decision to cancel border wall construction projects funded by Congress. Upon taking office, President Biden immediately halted construction of the border wall, and last month, … Continue Reading
July 14, 2021
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 Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement: “This is nothing more than a bait-and-switch. Joe Biden proposed $4 trillion in new reconciliation spending then claimed he would seek common ground with Republicans. Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders' so-called agreement is simply a repackaging … Continue Reading
July 13, 2021
Smith, Parson, and Missouri Delegation Successfully Push White House to Keep Access to Federal Support for Missouri Towns and Rural Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced it would keep the current Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) core population threshold of 50,000 in place for the next ten years after review and public comment. OMB was considering changing the threshold to 100,000. MSA standards are used by the federal government to determine eligibility for certain programs and grant opportunities. This decision follows a letter to OMB on June 30th led by House Budget … Continue Reading
June 30, 2021
Smith and Parson Lead Missouri Colleagues Demanding Answers from Biden White House Over Potential Reduction in Federal Support for Small Communities, Rural Areas
WASHINGTON- Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08), joined by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, and Representatives Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Vicky Hartzler, Samuel Graves, and Billy Long sent a letter to the Biden Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Shalanda Young, raising concerns over proposed revisions to the population threshold needed to qualify as a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). … Continue Reading
June 24, 2021
Smith Opening Statement: House Budget Committee Hearing on President Biden's FY22 DOD Budget
As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Undersecretary McCord and Vice Admiral Boxall. Thank you for being here. President Biden and Washington Democrats are leading the effort in this budget to defund our men and women in uniform - but that’s just part of a larger effort to defund the safety and security of the American people whether its at our border or in our local communities. And it layers billions in funding to satisfy the priorities of their wealthy friends and … Continue Reading
June 23, 2021
Smith Opening Statement: House Budget Committee Hearing on President Biden's FY22 HUD Budget
As Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome Secretary Fudge, thank you for being here today. The President’s budget is a massive spending and tax plan. $17 trillion in new debt. Taxes Americans to the tune of $55 trillion. In fact, the President breaks his pledge NOT to raise taxes on American families earning under $400,000. Under this budget, in ten years, America will pay more to settle the interest on our national debt than it costs today to take care of our … Continue Reading
June 22, 2021
Smith, Foxx Demand Answers on Biden Administration’s Failure to Put American Students First
Administration Offering Tax Dollars to Illegal Immigrants While Expanding Washington Control Over Education WASHINGTON- Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (NC-05) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding transparency into the use of federal funds issued to K-12 and higher education institutions by the Department. “Democrats peddled their nearly … Continue Reading
June 15, 2021
Smith Statement on GAO Ruling on Biden Abandoning the Border Wall
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of President Biden’s decision to withhold Congressionally-appropriated funding for construction of a wall along the southern border: “When President Biden froze funding for the border wall back in January, he sent a clear message to the American people that securing his political base was more important than … Continue Reading
