WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Inspections cited 44 significant and substantial violations, including 1 unwarrantable failure * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in November 2024 at 14 mines in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia and issued 1 more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement to mark the seventh anniversary of President Trump signing the successful Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law: "In 2017, President Trump delivered the most significant tax relief legislation in a generation, unleashing America's potential and creating the best economy of my lifetime. The success of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: American farmers have won a victory over Mexico's unfair trade practices thanks to months of work by Ways and Means Republicans to get the Biden Administration to take action. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after a United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement panel challenging the Mexican government's unscientific ban of American-grown more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement: * * * House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, showed inflation rose to 2.4 percent, a level above the Federal Reserve's target: "The Biden-Harris Administration's parting gift to the American people is as welcome as a lump of coal at Christmas: higher p more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: America's family farmers are going to feel pressure in the coming months to start dialing up estate planners if Congress fails to act swiftly in the new year to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts. Should those tax cuts be allowed to expire, two million family farmers would see their Death Tax exemption slashed in half. That would leave more of these small family-owned businesses facing the Death Tax's 40 percent t more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 24 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news: JOPLIN, Mo. - When Carthage native Austin Musche begins his duties as Jasper County Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Agent, Jasper County will be patrolled by two conservation agents who are very familiar with the county. Starting Jan. 1, Musche will begin his duties as conservation agent for Jasper County. He will work alongside fellow Jasper County Conservation Agent - and fellow Jasper County native - Tyler Green, who grew up in more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 24 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * City will evaluate feasibility of regional sewer connection * * * The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $62,500 grant to the city of Moberly to develop a facility plan for evaluating the feasibility of constructing a sewer connection between Orton Lane residents and the city's wastewater treatment system. The grant will fund 100% of the eligible costs to develop the facility plan, which is expected  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) recently introduced H.R. 10494, the Grown in America Act of 2024, in the House of Representatives with original cosponsors Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mike Carey (R-OH), and Mark Alford (R-MO). This bipartisan legislation will create a federal tax credit to help businesses shift away from foreign markets and purchase more agricultural commodities here in the U.S. "A strong and resilient agriculture and f more PR