Press Releases
Smith Opening Statement: Ensuring Women Can Thrive in a Post-Pandemic Economy
As prepared for delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is fair to say that the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women. It is also important to acknowledge that much of that negative impact came in the form of policies enacted in response to the pandemic. For example, working mothers represent 27 percent of Americans who left the work force during the pandemic - and school closures played a huge part. According to a 2020 study mothers were almost 70 percent less likely to be … Continue Reading
March 16, 2022
Smith Op-Ed: The Right to Know: Shining a Light on Health Care Costs
By Rep. Jason Smith Washington Times Imagine going to the grocery store and shopping for food and goods without knowing how much your bill will total until you are in the checkout line or back at home preparing to eat. When it comes to pricing in our current health care system, this is how patients feel. When patients walk into a hospital for surgery, their fear is walking out with a bill that is hundreds or thousands more than they were expecting to pay. In 2020, total health care … Continue Reading
March 15, 2022
Smith Op-Ed: One Year Later: Why Biden's "American Rescue" Failed
Smith Op-Ed: One Year Later: Why Biden's "American Rescue" Failed By Rep. Jason Smith Washington Examiner Friday marked the anniversary of President Joe Biden signing his $2 trillion American Rescue Plan into law. Although Biden and Democrats argued every which way about the urgent need to pass the monstrous bill, Congress had by that time already enacted $4 trillion in combined spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, Biden argued the country was on his side, and that … Continue Reading
March 11, 2022
Smith Marks One-Year Anniversary of American Rescue Plan, Slamming Biden WH for Billions in Taxpayer Waste, Failed Economic Policies, and 40-Year High Inflation
WASHINGTON, DC – Exactly one year ago, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the $2 trillion so-called “American Rescue Plan” into law. One year later, Americans feel anything but ‘rescued’ as prices have spiked to their highest in forty years, a shortage in workers has exacerbated the supply chain crisis, and gas prices have now surpassed $4 a gallon. House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today alongside … Continue Reading
March 10, 2022
Smith Statement on Inflation Continuing at 40-Year High
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation continuing to run at the highest pace in 40 years: “As the Democrats’ spending-driven inflation crisis continues to punish American family budgets, it is clear that not only do President Biden and Washington Democrats not have a plan to address the crippling spike in prices, they actually want to convince the American people … Continue Reading
March 01, 2022
Smith Statement on Biden State of the Union Address
Washington, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union Address: “Tonight’s speech showed once again that President Biden is living in an alternate reality. The American people are facing the highest spike in prices in forty years brought on by the trillions in unnecessary spending from Washington Democrats. Labor shortages abound; cargo vessels are still sitting idle in our ports; … Continue Reading
February 23, 2022
Smith Op-Ed: Biden's Bullseye on Rural America
By Rep. Jason Smith The Hill Southern Missouri is rural, dotted by small towns surrounded by farms that have been owned by the same families for generations, including my family’s farm. Missourians are proud of their rural heritage, but lately many of them have felt as though their way of life is under attack by Washington. It is not hard to guess why. Rural America has watched over the last twelve months as Washington Democrats have pushed an agenda that would benefit their political … Continue Reading
February 16, 2022
House Budget Republicans Call out Wasteful Washington Spending, Record Inflation, and Hypocrisy at Democrat Hearing on Abolishing Debt Limit
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Budget Committee Democrats led a hearing titled “Why Congress Should Abolish the Debt Limit.” House Democrats, including Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-05) and House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (KY-03), repeatedly voiced their support for eliminating the debt limit. This would effectively pave the way for Congress to engage further in massive deficit spending, as Democrats have done with their $2 trillion Biden Bailout Bill and are … Continue Reading
February 16, 2022
Smith Opening Statement at Democrat Hearing on Abolishing the Debt Limit
As prepared for delivery Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to welcome the newest member of our committee, Mr. Carey from Ohio. I’d also like to welcome our witnesses today - which includes one of our former colleagues and a former member of this Committee, Director Mulvaney - who coincidentally was sworn in as head of the White House Office of Management and Budget almost exactly 5 years ago today. At the time, that was the latest ever that an OMB director assumed the job in a new … Continue Reading
February 16, 2022
Smith, Lucas Pull Back Curtain on House Democrats’ Repeated Attempts to Hide the Cost of Their Agenda from the American People
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) and House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Republican Leader Frank Lucas (OK-03) slammed House Democrat leadership for their continued efforts to thwart transparency and pass legislation without the American people knowing its true cost. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Smith and Lucas cite the recent passage of H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act … Continue Reading
February 10, 2022
Smith Statement on Inflation Continuing at 40-Year High
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation continuing to run at the highest pace in 40 years: “Families are being crushed under this continued explosive spike in prices. And the only answer from Washington Democrats has been to spend more. The $2 trillion Biden Bailout Bill, full of the typical government waste, has done far more to spark inflation and these price … Continue Reading
February 07, 2022
Biden White House Once Again Ignores Budget Deadline, Committee Republicans Demand Answers for Failing Agenda
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, marks the legal deadline, under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, for President Biden to submit his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. Last year, the White House set a record for the latest a Presidential budget request has ever been transmitted to Congress in modern history. House Budget Committee Republicans joined today in sending a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raising over two dozen questions about … Continue Reading
February 01, 2022
Smith Statement on America’s National Debt Surpassing $30 Trillion
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the United States had surpassed $30 trillion in gross national debt. “America surpassing $30 trillion in debt is a grim milestone in our nation’s history, and demands urgent action to curb reckless deficit spending. Sadly, Washington Democrats have no interest in restoring any semblance of fiscal sanity. Under President Biden’s policies, America’s debt would reach $45 … Continue Reading
January 20, 2022
VIDEO: Biden's Year of Rampant Spending, Runaway Inflation, and Rampant Waste
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) released a video highlighting the reckless spending and rampant waste of taxpayer dollars perpetrated under the failed policies of the Biden Administration and the Democratic Majority in Congress which have resulted in the highest spike in prices in forty years, driving up the cost of goods and services. “President … Continue Reading
January 19, 2022
Smith Slams Washington Democrats for Failed Economic Policies, Government-Fueled Inflation in GOP Congressional Roundtable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) participated in a roundtable with House Republican Members and Americans affected by President Biden’s failed economic agenda. Russ Gant, a small business owner in Southern Missouri, joined the roundtable and gave a firsthand perspective on the challenges small businesses and working families are facing in today’s economy. Congressman Smith’s remarks laid out how one year after … Continue Reading
January 12, 2022
Smith Statement on Highest Inflation Rate in 40 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index registered the highest pace of inflation in 40 years: “For months, Republicans and economists have warned about the inflationary impact runaway government spending, especially the President’s $2 trillion Bailout Bill, would have on the economy. At the Budget Committee, we sounded the alarm months ago that the country was on track to experience a price … Continue Reading
January 05, 2022
Smith, Rodgers, Brady Expose Biden Administration’s Massive Diversion of Funding from COVID-Testing, Cite Billions in Waste & Remaining Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and House Ways & Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (TX-08) in a letter to President Biden, slammed the Administration for its failure to account for how, when, and where funding supposedly meant to address COVID-19 has been distributed and spent to date. The letter comes just days after America reached … Continue Reading
January 04, 2022
Smith Op-Ed: Congress Should Not Let the IRS Play Both Tax Collector and Preparer
By Rep. Jason Smith Washington Times Back in 2010, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said about Obamacare, “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” And what did we find? Higher out of pocket health care costs and fewer choices and coverage options. Now we find ourselves once again with Democrat control of Congress and the White House, and they are wanting to put in place new government controls, influence, and interference over everything from childcare … Continue Reading
December 31, 2021
Smith Highlights Record Spending, Debt, and Taxes After One Year of Democrat Control
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today alongside the release of a fact sheet highlighting the consequences to the federal budget of one year of total Democrat control in Washington. “The American people have watched for the last year as Washington Democrats wasted their time and attention attempting to pass massive spending and tax increases alongside a stack of misguided policies that will bankrupt … Continue Reading
December 19, 2021
House Budget Committee Republican Leader Smith Statement on Democrats' $5 Trillion Tax & Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today after U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) announced his decision not to support the Democrats’ $5 trillion tax and spending bill, citing the recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) detailing the true cost of the proposal. “Senator Manchin’s decision not to support the Democrats’ reckless tax and spending bill is a win for working families across … Continue Reading
