December 2022

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) released the following statement after voting against Washington Democrats’ $2 trillion omnibus spending bill.   “This massive year-end spending package represents everything the American people can’t stand about Washington: a 4,000-plus page piece of legislation introduced in the dead of night that wastes billions of Americans’ taxpayer dollars […]

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Nursing homes have experienced a significant amount of SARS-CoV-2 transmission resulting in hospital admissions and severe outcomes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.   Findings from a large study including hundreds of nursing homes recently published by JAMA Network Open suggest that administration of a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine booster among nursing home residents

By Jason Smith, member of Congress Washington Democrats did it again. With less than two weeks to go before they lose control of the House of Representatives, they decided to ram through yet ANOTHER $2 trillion reckless spending bill the day before Christmas Eve. What’s maddening is that they unveiled their massive, 4,000-plus page government

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Thursday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the state of Missouri has received the first two payouts from the historic opioid settlement that the Missouri Attorney General’s Office coordinated and finalized earlier this year. The payments, totaling $35 million, are the first collected from the opioid settlement, and will