WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following floor statement on July 23, 2026: * * * Chairman Smith on House Floor: Removing Barriers Will Empower Disabled Americans to Achieve the Dignity of Work Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following statement during debate in the U.S. House of Representatives on the Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (H.R. 8884): As prepared for delivery. "I rise in support of H.R. 8884,  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith Opening Statement: Markup of Legislation Increasing Transparency & Accountability in Tax-Exempt Sector, Preventing Foreign Influence in American Politics, Protecting Religious Freedom Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a Committee markup of legislation to increase transparency in America's tax-exempt sector, hold bad actors  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on July 24, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Smith Issues Subpoenas to CCP-Linked Singham Network Nonprofits After Their Refusal to Comply with Committee Oversight House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) announced the Committee has issued subpoenas to BreakThrough News, Tricontinental, and The People's Forum - three tax-exempt organizations connected to Neville Roy Singham, a tech mogul living  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Design-Build Institute of America issued the following news: * * * New Missouri Law Expands Design-Build and Brings PDB to Public Owners Statewide By Eden Binder, Communications & Advocacy Associate The Missouri legislature passed a comprehensive bill that would introduce Progressive Design-Build (PDB) as a procurement option across the state. Led by DBIA's Mid-America Region, House Bill 2474 marks another step in Missouri's continued expansion of design-build authority. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Mike K more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, July 24 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T professor receives Oak Ridge Associated Universities junior faculty award * Dr. Hunter Schroer, an assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, has been awarded a 2026 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). Schroer is one of 36 faculty members selected nationwide for the honor. ORAU is a consortium of colleges and unive more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 24 [Category: Health Care] -- The Missouri Hospital Association posted the following news: * * * RHTP Funds To Help Expand Mobile Medical Services In Rural Missouri * The Missouri Department of Social Services through the Rural Health Transformation Program announced a partnership with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' Office of Rural Health and Primary Care and the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association to expand Mobile Integrated Healthcare and Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) se more PR

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, posted the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Ways and Means Committee Bringing Transparency to America's Nonprofit Hospital Sector America's nonprofit hospitals will be more transparent with patients and taxpayers about the actual charity care they provide under legislation recently approved by the Ways and Means Committee. H.R. 9504, the Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act, requires hospitals that enjoy generous benefits d more PR