WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement, on Feb. 15, 2024, at a hearing with IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel: * * * "Thank you Commissioner Werfel for appearing before the Ways and Means Committee a little earlier than usual this year. We have a lot to go over with you, so I appreciate you answering the request of our Members to come before the Committee early this year. "First, as it pertains t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Multiple studies, including analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), confirm that the work incentives in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act will encourage more Americans to join and stay in the workforce. Just like the 2017 Trump tax cuts, the tax relief package, that passed the House of Representatives and awaits action in the Sen more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on Feb. 6, 2024, entitled "The State of American Aviation and the Federal Aviation Administration": * * * The United States aviation system has been a major focus of the Committee's work this Congress. Last year, the House overwhelmingly passed a comprehensive, bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced the promotion of Mira Lezell to serve as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Mira first joined the Subcommittee as a senior professional staff member in August 2021. Prior to that, she served from 2019 to 2021 in the more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Adjustments to the child tax credit (CTC) and any additional refunds owed to working families under the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act will be processed and issued in a matter of weeks, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel confirmed to Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) today during a hearing. The more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: The Child Tax Credit provisions in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act will help working parents struggling to provide for their families. By indexing the credit to inflation, maintaining work requirements, and ending the penalty against large families, the bill provides the breathing room to build the strong families necessary for strong commu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024: Today, Congressman Eric Burlison (R-MO-07) introduced the Overtime Pay Flexibility Act, which will prevent a newly proposed rule from the Biden Administration entitled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees from taking effect. "It's essential that we support American companies and workers and protect them f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement after she sent a letter to Congressional Leadership and Appropriations Chairs urging them to include her amendment language bolstering the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) in the Fiscal Year 2024 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. This effort was co-led with Wagner by Representatives Debbie D more PR