WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee announced its decision to cut the benchmark rate by 25 basis points: "President Trump's tax and trade agenda are the policies we need to bring greater certainty to our economy and put America's workers, families, farmers, and small busin more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Today in a Senate Judiciary Hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) challenged Charlie Baker, President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over the NCAA's pro-transgender, anti-woman policies. "No federal court has ordered the NCAA to include biological men in women's sports. There is not a single case that has ordered the NCAA to do so..." said Senator Hawley. "In fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced a new proposal that would expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) to reward work, support families, and put tax dollars back into the hands of working parents. "President Trump won with the support of working people with kids," Senator Hawley explained. "Next year's tax bill should provide them a big tax cut," he continued, arguing for the inclusion of his CTC proposal i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Today Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) commended the U.S. Senate for approving the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), legislation to improve the nation's ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Small businesses drive America's economy, generating jobs and economic growth in communities big and small all across the country. The 2017 Trump tax cuts invested in this engine of economic growth by providing a 20 percent small business tax deduction - otherwise known as Section 199A - which helped ensure shops lining Main Streets across the nation could comp more PR