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Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after being selected to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the 118th Congress:

Ways and Means Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) detailed how restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington will require Congress to rein in runaway spending and return to policies that strengthen and grow the economy in a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner.To read Rep. Arrington’s full op-ed, click here.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) offered the following statement after the Government Accountability Office issued a report titled “HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens,” which is commonly referred to as “gain-of-function" research.

House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08),

“President Biden and Washington Democrats created a vicious cycle of deficit spending leading to higher prices and rising interest rates the American people cannot afford.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08)

Treasury’s own proposal published in 2021 shows that the IRS would add 86,852 full-time equivalent employees by 2031. When CBO analyzed the proposal, it acknowledged the IRS would more than double its head count.

Republicans are blocking the Biden Administration from unleashing 87,000 new IRS agents to go after families and small businesses and their unprecedented increase in IRS audits

Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the House Republican bill rescinding the IRS funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations:

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the newly released CBO score of the House Republican bill rescinding funding Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act to crack down on tax cheating by the wealthy and corporations.

Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) welcomed the members the Republican Steering Committee recommended to serve on the committee in the 118th Congress.

Today, the Republican Conference ratified a resolution confirming U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) as chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources for the 118th Congress.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a potential link between the Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine and strokes in adults over 65 years of age: