WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
"It's past time for the Federal Reserve to recognize the stable prices, steady job creation, and strong economic growth in the Trump economy and resume cutting interest rates."
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee announced it would not lower interest rates at the last meeting expected to be led by Chairman Jay Powell:
"It's disappointing - but not surprising - that in his final meeting leading the Fed, Chairman Powell kept interest rates elevated, blunting the impact of the pro-growth economic policies of President Trump, most nota...