Transcript: On March 28, 2011, President Obama said he would not use an executive order for amnesty explaining that – and again I quote – “temporary protective status, historically, has been used f...
Transcript: Mr. Speaker, for months I've said how detrimental the new Waters of the United States EPA regulation would be to the people of my district. We have long protected some of the most beaut...
Transcript: Mr. Speaker, Missouri’s 8th district has more than 200 miles of the Mississippi River and is dependent on barge traffic to move the crops we grow.
Mr. Speaker, Today, September 17th 2014, marks 82,910 days since the Constitution was signed in 1787. Though I have only been a United States Congressman for 469 of those days, on every one of them...
Today I spoke from the House Floor in favor of HR 24 - a bill I co-sponsored to ensure that the Federal Reserve receives a full and fair audit. Please like this post and share it with others. Here ...
Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to present to this committee today HR 4182. HR 4182 amends the original statute that created the Ozark National Scenic Riverways to limit the way that the National Park S...
Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this hearing today on two key issues facing my constituents -- the so-called "Waters of the United States" rule currently being advanced by the EPA and the Cor...
Congressman Jason Smith joined his colleagues in a colloquy led by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler to discuss President Obama and Senator Harry Reid's government shutdown. Smith wondered why President...
Before I get to my questions let me first say that I am impressed by the electric utilities' ability to keep the lights on in rural America . . . in spite of all the federal regulation being handed...
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of United States Army Sergeant Timothy Owens who lived in Rolla, Missouri. Sergeant Owens was killed in the senseless act of violence at Fort Hood, Texas...
Mr. Speaker, The problems with ObamaCare never seem to end. Families and individuals in Missouri's 8th District are experiencing huge increases in their monthly premiums and bureaucrats are getting...
On behalf of over 400,000 of my constituents who are members of the thirteen electric cooperatives that I represent, and many others who get their electricity through munici...
Mr. Speaker, President Obama and his administration have taken the "uber-presidency" to a whole new level. Time and time again we have seen President Obama stretch the constitutional limits of his ...
Mr. Chairman I am proud to stand here with my colleagues today in support of HR 3189 -- "The Water Rights Protection Act." With the drought going on in California, and the federal government strong...
Congressman Jason Smith questions Victor Knox, Associate Director for Park Planning, Facilities and Land for the National Park Service over proposed management changes for the Ozark National Scenic...
Congressman Jason Smith spoke to the media at the House Republican Retreat about the negative impact President Obama's policies are having on young Americans.
Tonight we heard President Obama's vision for America. The President believes more government and more executive action are the solutions to every problem f...
Tonight Southeast Missouri will welcome back Staff Sergeant Eric Summers for the last time. Sergeant Summers was tragically killed on Nov. 13 while serving his country at Camp Pendleton, California...
Mr. Speaker, next week the National Park Service will begin holding public meetings on its ridiculous plan to limit recreational activity on the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri's 8th Di...
Mr. Speaker, today President Obama announced yet another delay to his health care mandate. The President is picking and choosing which parts of ObamaCare he wants to enforce. The President needs to...
Mr. Speaker, on Friday the National Park Service released a draft General Management Plan for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri's Eighth Congressional District. The general management...
Congressman Jason Smith Floor Remarks ObamaCare: Americans Deserve Better Mr. Speaker, today the Secretary of Health and Human Services said Americans deserve better than what they have ...
Later today the House of Representatives will vote on legislation to extend our nation's borrowing limit and end President Obama's government shutdown. While I ...
Today, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Congressman Jason Smith questioned Director Jonathan B. Jarvis of the National Park Service during a joint committee hearing entitled, "As Difficult As Possible: ...
Mr. Speaker, yesterday people across our country were shocked to learn that families of troops who died in combat are being denied death benefits. Like so many in my district, I was appalled to see...