WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve announced it would raise interest rates by a quarter point:
"The Working Families Tax Cuts are delivering bigger paychecks, fueling small business growth and hiring, and driving a manufacturing revival across the country. Jobless claims remain near a 60-year low, and employers added more than 160,000 jobs in August alone-triple what the so-called experts predicted.
"With the economy growing, businesses hiring and investing, and inflation at less than half the rate American families endured under President Bid...