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Jason Smith is a Republican representative from Missouri’s 8th District. The Ways and Means Committee biography says he served in the Missouri General Assembly from 2005 to 2013, rising to Speaker Pro Tem, before his election to Congress in 2013.
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Jason Smith is a Republican representative from Missouri’s 8th District. The Ways and Means Committee biography says he served in the Missouri General Assembly from 2005 to 2013, rising to Speaker Pro Tem, before his election to Congress in 2013.
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Open leadership record ↓Jason Smith is a Republican representative from Missouri’s 8th District. The Ways and Means Committee biography says he served in the Missouri General Assembly from 2005 to 2013, rising to Speaker Pro Tem, before his election to Congress in 2013.
Smith has chaired the House Committee on Ways and Means since January 2023. The committee has jurisdiction over federal taxation, trade, Social Security, Medicare and other major revenue programs, placing Smith at the center of House tax and trade legislation in the 119th Congress.
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