WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 2, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July 2024 jobs report showing unemployment rising to 4.3 percent with the highest number of unemployed Americans since October 2021: "With a majority of industries losing jobs and indications we have fallen i  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Eric Schmitt released a statement following the Senate Commerce Committee's passage of an amendment he authored which addresses years of delay to fully fund the Rip and Replace program and once and for all harden U.S. networks from dangerous Chinese telecommunications equipment embedded throughout the country: "Decoupling telecommunication infrastructure critical to government, military, a  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the Kansas City Council regarding the Council's recent adoption of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, which are building standards contrived by the International Code Council: "Keeping these onerous building codes might placate climate activists and similar parties for the time being. In the long term, however, these regulations will continue to c  more