In response to concerns surrounding Ford Motor Company and its battery company, Contemporary Amperex Technology, Co. Limited (CATL), lawmakers wrote a joint letter to Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley about the battery company's ties to the Chinese Communist Party. According to a release by the Select Committee on the CCP on July 21, the letter written by Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, Chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Missouri Rep. Jason Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, raises concerns about how jobs could potentially be going to citizens of the People's Republic of China over U.S. citizens.
On June 22, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) announced that Missouri State University-West Plains has received more than $437,000 in grant funding through the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to expand education and training programs that prepare individuals for careers in manufacturing and construction
This week, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) helped pass legislation to fight back against President Joe Biden and his administration’s costly and burdensome executive overreach
This month, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) held a reception to recognize students from Missouri’s 8th Congressional District who placed in the top 15 of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition
U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) marked National Police Week by honoring fallen law enforcement officers, including Bonne Terre Police Officer Lane Burns, and expressing his sincere gratitude to our men and women in blue who selflessly risk their lives to save others
On May 16, 2023, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) blasted a new report by Special Counsel John Durham that confirmed the FBI acted improperly by launching and continuing to pursue its multi-year Russia collusion investigation
On May 12, 2023, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) slammed President Joe Biden for fueling more chaos on the border by getting rid of Title 42, a Trump administration policy that gave border security personnel the authority to block illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. if they pose a public health risk