Press Releases
Smith: “Democrats just passed the wrong plan, at the wrong time, for all the wrong reasons”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bailout. “These past few weeks Democrats have insisted on using a partisan process to pursue a political agenda when the focus should have been on America’s working class and combating COVID-19. Their plan prioritizes blue state bailouts and policies that will harm job creation and … Continue Reading
March 10, 2021
Smith Opening Statement: House Floor Debate on Senate Amendment to $1.9 Trillion Bailout
As Prepared for Delivery Mr. Speaker - “Rewards for the Political Class, Not the Working Class” - that should be the name of this bailout plan. When our Democrat colleagues got together to decide how to proceed on additional COVID-19 spending, they could have done a number of things. They could have followed the bipartisan precedent set over the past year and worked across the aisle. Instead, they chose a purely partisan process to jam through a radical agenda - putting the … Continue Reading
March 09, 2021
Smith Opening Statement: Rules Committee Meeting on Senate Amendment to $1.9 Trillion Bailout
As Prepared for Delivery Mr. Chairman - thank you for this opportunity. Let’s be clear - the bailout we are discussing has little to do with COVID-19. So much of what is in this bailout is for the political class, not the working class. Bailouts to states with no requirement they end lockdowns. Billions to schools with no requirement they open for our kids. Obamacare expansions. A Universal Basic Income. Checks for prisoners and illegal immigrants. This bailout is a socialist … Continue Reading
March 04, 2021
House Budget Committee Republicans Call on President Biden to be Forthcoming on Budget Release Timeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republicans sent a letter to President Biden highlighting concerns with his Administration’s failure thus far to provide its budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The letter further requests that the President share with Congress when his Administration plans to submit its FY22 budget. “Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a nearly $2 trillion bailout bill disguised as emergency COVID-19 response funding,” wrote House … Continue Reading
March 02, 2021
Smith Statement on Withdrawal of Tanden Nomination for OMB Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the White House announced the withdrawal of Neera Tanden as President Biden’s nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On February 9, Smith sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, signed by Republicans on the House Budget Committee, citing concerns with Tanden’s nomination. “In this case, the Biden Administration has acted sensibly if not slowly in … Continue Reading
February 27, 2021
Smith: “House Democrats have put their partisan ambitions ahead of America’s working class.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bailout. “The House Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bailout will destroy jobs and force families and seniors to pay more for the food on their table, the clothes on their back, and the heat in their homes. The Democrat plan rewards their friends and political allies and sends billions to states that have boarded up … Continue Reading
February 26, 2021
Smith Opening Statement: House Floor Debate on Democrats $1.9 Trillion Bailout
As Prepared for Delivery We are here today because Washington Democrats have gotten together and decided to use a global pandemic as an excuse to check a few items off from their progressive wish list. They want to reward their political allies at the expense of America’s working class. If this bailout is about crushing the virus, why does less than 9 percent actually go towards putting shots in people’s arms? If this bailout is about quickly reopening our schools, why is less than 5 … Continue Reading
February 24, 2021
Smith, Comer Op-Ed: Dems' $1.9T COVID relief bill – wrong plan, wrong time, wrong reasons. Here's why.
By Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. James Comer FoxNews.com Democrats in Washington are charging full speed ahead on a hastily crafted, nearly $2 trillion spending package. The goal is to satisfy a political agenda and bail out political allies. The guise is COVID-19 relief. Regardless, their plan means tremendous harm to America’s working-class. It is the wrong plan, at the wrong time, for all the wrong reasons. On Monday, the Democrat majority on the House Budget Committee continued what … Continue Reading
February 22, 2021
House Budget Democrats Ignore Concerns of Working Class Americans, Push Forward on Biden Bailout Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Democrat majority on the House Budget Committee defended the Biden Bailout Bill and voted against multiple opportunities offered by House Budget Committee Republicans to support America’s working class. House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement: “At today’s markup, House Budget Committee Republicans offered compassionate, common sense measures to protect the working class, seniors, and those harmed by state and … Continue Reading
February 22, 2021
House Budget Committee to Consider Biden Bailout Bill
House Budget Committee Republicans to Speak Up on Behalf of Working-Class Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Budget Committee will hold a markup of the nearly $2 trillion Biden Bailout Bill - the Democrat reconciliation package that has been cobbled together under the pretext of COVID-19 relief while clearly being little more than a vehicle for a slew of progressive agenda items. This will be the first opportunity that the House Budget Committee will have had to consider any … Continue Reading
February 21, 2021
Smith: “COVID-19 is more the pretext than the purpose behind what Democrats are proposing.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, the Democrats on the House Budget Committee posted the legislative text of a reconciliation package to be considered at the House Budget Committee this coming Monday, February 22, 2021. The package calls for approximately $2 trillion in spending, supposedly to respond to the immediate threat of today’s COVID-19 pandemic. However, after excluding stimulus payments to individuals, almost half of the bill would not be spent until Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 or later - … Continue Reading
February 16, 2021
Smith and Comer Introduce Resolution Requiring Biden Administration Accounting of Unspent COVID-19 Stimulus
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) along with Republican members of the House Budget Committee and House Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (KY-01) along with Republican members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee have introduced a resolution requiring that President Biden provide to the U.S. House of Representatives - no later than 14 days after adoption of the resolution - documents relating to any enacted but … Continue Reading
February 09, 2021
House Budget Committee Republicans Urge Senate to Reject Tanden Nomination for OMB Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republicans sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell as well as Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham highlighting serious concerns with President Biden’s nominee for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Neera Tanden, and urging that they reject her nomination. The letter points to instances … Continue Reading
February 05, 2021
Smith Asks Congressional Budget Office to Provide More Thorough Analysis of Policy Proposals
Highlights Need for Greater Understanding of Impact of Minimum Wage Increase WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter to Director Phillip Swagel of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting his agency do a thorough analysis of any minimum wage increase proposals they are asked to evaluate. “As the country continues to face economic and labor challenges due to almost a year of enduring the COVID-19 pandemic and the glut … Continue Reading
February 03, 2021
Smith Statement on House Passage of the Democrat FY21 Blank Check Reconciliation Trigger
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today after House Democrats passed H.Con.Res. 11, a resolution to start a partisan reconciliation process: “House Democrats have passed a budget resolution, which lacks any actual budgeting, through the House to jumpstart a partisan process to enact a radical agenda. President Biden has called for unity, and yet the only measure of bipartisanship we have seen thus far in a … Continue Reading
February 01, 2021
As Biden Administration Misses Budget Deadline, Smith Calls for Greater Transparency
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 1 marks the statutory deadline for President Biden to submit a Fiscal Year 2022 budget to Congress, as required by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. In January, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) sent a letter to then-President-Elect Biden’s team asking when the incoming Administration planned to meet its obligation to be transparent and forthcoming with its budget plans. Today, House Budget Committee Republican … Continue Reading
February 01, 2021
Smith Statement on Democrat FY21 Blank Check Reconciliation Trigger
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith issued the following statement after House Democrats released their Fiscal Year 2021 budget resolution: “The sole reason for pushing forward this hastily crafted proposal is to pave the way for a partisan reconciliation package. Democrats are desperate to use this process to achieve any number of policies that will reward special interests while harming America’s working class, increasing the cost of living for American … Continue Reading
January 26, 2021
Smith Announces House Budget Committee Republicans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement today in announcing Republican members selected to serve on the House Budget Committee for the 117th Congress: “Our nation faces tremendous challenges which must be addressed in a way that strengthens our economy and creates more opportunities for Americans to succeed and feel secure in their future and that of their families. I look forward to working alongside the Republican … Continue Reading
January 21, 2021
Biden Administration Abandons Regulatory Relief for American Families and Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the Biden Administration rescinded regulatory relief measures enacted during the previous Administration that helped protect American families and entrepreneurs. President Biden revoked an executive order which required Executive Branch departments and agencies to remove at least two regulations whenever a new regulation is issued. Additionally, the President revoked an executive order requiring departments and agencies to propose offsets to the costs of … Continue Reading
January 20, 2021
Ranking Member Jason Smith Calls Out President Biden Over Dangerous and Costly Executive Order
Raises Concerns Over Safety and Budgetary Costs Associated With Border Wall And Immigration Order WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Biden signed an executive order abandoning construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Ranking Member Jason Smith issued the following statement emphasizing the immediate price tag and safety concerns this order will have. “This Executive Order not only puts our nation’s security at risk, but it also shortchanges American taxpayers. It is amazing … Continue Reading
