Articles Tagged with ''Jason Smith''

If Congress doesn’t extend or codify the 2017 tax cuts, the U.S. ag industry could shed close to 50,000 jobs amid reduced economic output, a new report says.

Republicans are back in charge on both sides of Congress for the first time in six years, facing pressure to make good on President-elect Donald Trump’s tax and border policies and to prepare his slate of nominees for quick confirmation.

Mexico will likely overturn its import ban on genetically engineered corn but enact a domestic planting ban into law, President Claudia Sheinbaum said after a USMCA dispute panel sided with the U.S. last week. 

The sparring over a year-end stopgap funding bill should cast doubt on the viability of pursuing a two-bill approach to enacting President-elect Donald Trump’s policy agenda next year, lawmakers say.

President Donald Trump’s tax and tariff plans could face obstacles next year as some Ways and Means Republicans are wary of his approach. 

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith, is our guest on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers this week. He talks about the tax issues facing Congress next year, and the differences between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris when it comes to trade as well as tax policy.

In this opinion piece, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith, criticizes the Biden Administration's trade strategy and the effects it has on ag exports and American farmers. 

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith has asked the International Trade Commission, an independent panel that advises Congress and the executive branch, to investigate the impact of export restrictions on the U.S. rice industry.