{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moore-elected-house-committee-ways-and-means", "Congressman Blake Moore Elected to the House Committee on Ways and Means", "2023-01-11", "2023", "2023-01", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Blake D. Moore", "M001213", "blakemoore.house.gov", "blakemoore", "https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the House Steering Committee elected Congressman Blake Moore (UT-01) to serve on the influential House Committee on Ways and Means.\n\n\u201cWhen I ran for Congress, I promised to be part of reversing our debt culture in Washington,\u201d said Congressman Blake Moore. \u201cMany of our nation\u2019s debt drivers come under the Ways and Means Committee\u2019s jurisdiction, and I am eager to get to work on how we can reform Congress\u2019s budgeting process and responsibly steward our federal resources and programs. Utahns care deeply about our nation\u2019s debt and deficit crises, and I have remained committed to making Washington\u2019s approach to fiscal policy mirror Utah\u2019s sound practices. It is a great honor to make history today as the first Republican member from Utah to serve on the Ways and Means Committee, and I thank the Steering Committee for this amazing opportunity.\u201d\n\n\u201cCongressman Moore has been a fighter for fiscal sanity and common sense since he came to Congress,\u201d said Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO). \u201cOn the Budget Committee, he was relentless in partnering with his constituents to find solutions to America\u2019s unsustainable debt and Congress\u2019s reckless spending. On the Ways and Means Committee, he will have the same dogged determination to build a strong economy for all Americans that will support working families, lower taxes, and promote investment in America.\u201d\n\nAs one of his first initiatives in Congress, Congressman Moore established a Debt and Deficit Task Force in Utah\u2019s First District to put together a framework of solutions for ways the federal government can grow the economy, save and strengthen vital programs, focus America\u2019s spending, and fix Congress\u2019s budget process. Congressman Moore believes conservative principles can provide the most effective roadmap to lift millions out of poverty, grow our workforce, empower families and local communities, establish a competitive advantage over our adversaries, and stand on the forefront of innovation and discovery.\n\nCongressman Moore has worked hard to improve our country\u2019s child welfare system, and he has introduced and cosponsored several bills to support children and families navigating the adoption process and foster care, including the Improving Adoption Outcomes & Affordability Act, the Connecting Forever Families Act, and the Protecting Adoptive Families from Audits Act. On the Ways and Means Committee, he looks forward to crafting more effective policies that give America\u2019s most vulnerable children a better runway to achieve their dreams in a broken world. Additionally, Utah\u2019s First District represents the second largest Internal Revenue Service workforce in the nation, and Congressman Moore is laser-focused on engaging in tax oversight and working with IRS employees in the First District on customer service issues.\n\nThere is currently only one member west of Texas on the Ways and Means Committee, and Utah has never had a Republican member on the committee since it became a state in 1896. Utah is the fastest growing state in terms of population, job growth, and GDP, and mountain state leaders are working to address the issues associated with dramatic growth. From addressing housing shortages to jobs, tax issues to inland trade development, misguided pandemic-era programs to flaws in the child welfare system, the Intermountain West will greatly benefit from Congressman Moore\u2019s representation on the committee.\n\nThe oldest and most prestigious committee in Congress, the powerful Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee. It has jurisdiction over tax, trade, healthcare, energy, Medicare, Social Security, welfare and entitlement programs, and many other issues. The Ways and Means Committee derives much of its jurisdiction from the Constitution which declares, \u201cAll Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:08:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://blakemoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-blake-moore-elected-house-committee-ways-and-means"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7870129775255919, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}