WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at the highest level in 23 years: * "Interest rates remaining at a 23-year high is another sign that Congress should be providing relief for working families and small businesses hammered by high prices and the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) released the following statement in response to the successful passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. "House Republicans took a massive step toward extending President Trump's tax plan from 2017. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act encourages American innovation, supports small businesses, puni more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement after she introduced the Export Control Enforcement and Enhancement Act. The legislation provides additional protections to ensure sensitive American technologies are not sold to foreign adversaries. Additionally, the bill forces companies wishing to sell sensitive items overseas t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following on Jan. 31, 2024: Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with 15 other Republican Members of the Committee, today wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding the State Department reclaim obligated or committed funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). This fund more PR