Press Releases
Apr 13, 2016
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Today, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed Congressman Jason Smith’s bill, H. R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act. Smith’s bill will provide Congress and the American public with greater oversight with regards to how the IRS is spending valuable taxpayer resources.
Apr 4, 2016
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Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) and his regional staff will be coordinating and hosting a second Veterans’ Benefits Summit on April 6, 2016 in Kennett, M.O.
Mar 30, 2016
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Today U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (MO-08) introduced H.R. 4885, the IRS Oversight While Eliminating Spending (OWES) Act.
Mar 28, 2016
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Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) and his regional staff will be coordinating and hosting a Veterans Benefits Summit on April 2, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.
Mar 7, 2016
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Congressman Jason Smith invites high school students to enter for an opportunity to have artwork displayed in the United States Capitol
Congressman Jason Smith announced today that his office is now accepting entries from all interested 8th District high school students for the 2016 Congressional Art Competition.
Feb 26, 2016
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Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed two amendments authored by Representative Jason Smith (MO-08) to preserve the ability of Missourians to freely hunt and fish in the Mark Twain National Forest and other public lands.
Feb 24, 2016
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Today Representative Smith and his colleagues on the Ways & Means Committee requested that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) conduct an investigation and report on the factors effecting the global competitiveness of the U.S. aluminum industry, including overproduction & subsidies in other countries.
Feb 11, 2016
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Proposal would strengthen U.S. Customs ability to combat illegal trade
Today Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) praised the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan passage of H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. H.R. 644 was first passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 2015 by a vote of 256-158. The Senate passed the bill today by a vote of 75 to 20.
Feb 5, 2016
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On Thursday, Congressman Jason Smith (MO-8) welcomed Bishop Ron Webb to Washington D.C. for the 64th Annual National Prayer Breakfast. Bishop Webb currently serves as the pastor of Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church in Poplar Bluff, MO.
Jan 29, 2016
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Congressman Jason Smith visited Valle Catholic School in Ste. Genevieve today to speak with middle school and high school students.