CHAIRMAN SMITH ON AUGUST JOBS REPORT: AMERICAN WORKERS ARE WINNING AS PRIVATE SECTOR AND MANUFACTURING SURGE, SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS THANKS TO THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August 2026 jobs report, showing 162,000 new jobs created - three times what the so-called experts predicted - delivering another powerful sign that the economy is moving in the right direction:

"The American economy is getting stronger as businesses are hiring and workers are winning. Creating more American jobs was no accident: Republican economic policies are delivering for working families, small businesses, and American manufacturers - and the results are getting harder to ignore. The...