WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), joined by every Republican member of the Committee, has referred the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA), a U.S.-based nonprofit, to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for investigation and potential revocation of its tax-exempt status. In a letter (https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9.25.26-Letter-to-CEO-Bisignano-on-MECA.pdf) to IRS CEO Frank Bisignano, the Members cite evidence uncovered during a Committee review of MECA that shows ties to groups linked to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, as well as an astonishing reduction in ...