Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced plans to withdraw longstanding U.S. negotiating proposals that promote high-standard digital trade provisions, undercutting U.S. global competitiveness, and surrendering America’s digital trade leadership to China.
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"Good morning. Welcome to today’s hearing on Social Security’s disability claims backlog.
"For the first time in history more than one million people are waiting on the Social Security Administration to process their initial disability claim.
"On average claims ...
WASHINGTON – The Official Poverty Measure affects federal funding intended to help millions of families living in poverty through programs such as the Social Services Block Grant, child welfare programs, food stamps, energy assistance, school lunches, and Medicaid, among a slew of others. At a hearing of the Ways and Means Work & Welfare Subcommittee, witnesses testified ...
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"Parents today have serious concerns about their children’s access to affordable, quality education. The demand from parents to improve their school options is real, and it is easy to understand why.
"After all, kids are not learning at the pace they should be. ACT scores, for example, are at the ...
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"Thank you Chairman LaHood and Ranking Member Davis.
"Today’s hearing is, on the surface, about an issue that might otherwise draw very little, if any attention from most Americans. A discussion over how the government chooses to define one of various metrics it uses to allocate resources is not ...
"Good afternoon and welcome.
"I want to thank everyone for joining us for today’s hearing on measuring poverty.
"My name is Darin LaHood and I represent Illinois’ 16th District, covering much of the central and northwestern parts of the state.
"The purpose ...
WASHINGTON – During the pandemic, fraudsters and international crime rings stole hundreds of billions of American tax dollars that were supposed to be spent on pandemic relief. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimates that instances of fraud in the unemployment insurance program alone have cost as much as $135 billion while outside experts have estimated up to $400 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans will be powerless against an agency that is now going to be tax preparer, filer, and auditor as part of the IRS’s soon-to-be released e-file system, which ...
Even though the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report showing that taxpayers are uninterested in the IRS ...
WASHINGTON – With $16 billion in improper payments over the last five years, beneficiaries living on fixed incomes who rely on Social Security for their livelihood face challenging outcomes where they may receive less than they are owed or are overpaid and hit with bills to recoup those payments years later. During a Ways and Means Social Security ...
