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Recent News About House Ways & Means Committee
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“We cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity,” top Republican on the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) writes in an op-ed, emphasizing that while less than 10 percent of Democrats’ recent reckless government spending actually went towards COVID-related measures, American families are paying the price with inflation and shrinking wages.
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Democrats are once again considering crippling tax hikes, which will fall on American families making less than $400,000 a year and Main Street businesses.
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With inflation climbing to the highest levels since 1982, Republican Leader of the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement
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The Biden Administration’s trade moratorium undermines U.S. trade leadership and hands our competitors a dangerous opportunity to get ahead, Ways and Means Republicans Reps. Carol Miller (R-WV) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) warn in an op-ed for The Hill.
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“By withdrawing his illegal vaccine mandate, President Biden is admitting that it is a failure that has only resulted in worsening the labor shortage and politicizing vaccines.
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“This bill proves what everyone knows. Democrats in Congress aren’t serious about confronting China, holding them accountable for their trade commitments, or insisting China stop cheating America and other countries.
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Democrats have wiped out three years of wage gains for average Americans through inflation. Working families are watching their budgets shrink and prices climb.
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With over 10 million job openings left without workers, President Biden is breaking his jobs promises and small business owners are desperate.
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Experts predicted 2021 would be a banner year for America’s economy.
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“Each of these deeply talented and qualified Republican leaders are well-positioned to fight for greater opportunities for workers, families, and small business owners across the country.
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As working families watch their budgets shrink and prices climb, the Biden Administration is attempting to pass the buck for their own incompetence.
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Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for large employers:
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Within his first year of office, President Biden has overseen $6 trillion in spending – and not a dime was spent to help the IRS address a historically long and painful backlogs or political targeting.
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President Biden’s Washington-controlled subsidized child care will leave American families facing higher costs, less access to affordable care, and fewer choices.
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With the omicron variant causing a spike in COVID-19 cases, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee member Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M, (R-OH) outlined the need for clear, patient-focused communication between Americans and their doctors, instead of one–size-fits-all mandates from Washington, D.C.
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ADP Economist Nela Richardson poured cold water over the Biden Administration’s claims of historic job creation noting that President Biden hasn’t in fact created new jobs.
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House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on news that inflation surged 7 percent year over year in December to the fastest rate since 1982.
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Small business owners are struggling to manage their businesses and hire workers due to Bidenflation, the December Small Business Optimism (NFIB) Survey showed.
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Responding to the jobs report showing that only 199,000 jobs were created in December—less than half of expectations—Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement:
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While Democrats and President Biden attempt to spend even more towards their disorganized COVID plan, American taxpayers deserve to know where the rest of the money went: