Tag: Jason Smith

Republicans Demand Interviews With Hunter Biden Prosecutor, FBI Officials

Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking interviews with a slew of federal officials involved with an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son. Republicans are demanding to speak to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) official Lesley Wolf, accused of alerting Hunter Biden’s attorneys that investigators knew of a storage unit he had;…


Top House Republicans Pledge Investigation Into IRS Whistleblower Allegations

Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Jason Smith (R-Mo.), who head up three important panels in the House of Representatives, on June 28 released a joint statement promising a full investigation into whistleblower allegations made against the Justice Department’s Hunter Biden probe. Each of the three has led different investigations into President Joe…


Texas Congresswoman Introduces Legislation to Prevent China From Buying US Farmland

A congresswoman from Texas has introduced legislation aimed at preventing foreign adversaries, particularly China, from buying U.S. farmland. Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas), a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, introduced the legislation on June 9. Known as the Protecting American Farmland Act (H.R.3996), the bill would amend the U.S. tax code,…


IRS Report Fails to Provide Key Details, Republican Lawmakers Say

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) has criticized the IRS for failing to provide essential information in its much-anticipated report released on April 6. The tax agency unveiled its strategic operating plan in the report, disclosing how it plans to use the $80 billion in new funding provided by the Democrats’ Inflation…


House Committee Chair Demands Answers on IRS Leak of Tax Records, Possible Political Motives

The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has raised allegations that the protected tax records of thousands of Americans were leaked to ProPublica for political purposes and he’s demanding to know what progress has been made by the Treasury Department investigations of the apparent leak. In June 2021, ProPublica published an article detailing…