Smith calls proposal doable but cautions on passage
U.S. representative from Missouri and chair of the House Ways and Means Committee
“It’s doable,” but “legislation doesn’t pass just like that.”
Source and context
Reporting
Bloomberg reporting on congressional responses to Trump’s $5,000 proposal (opens in a new tab)Reported quotations from Senate and House Republicans (web lines 141–178).
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Public reporting republished by BusinessMirror with a Bloomberg News byline. The quotations are attributed to the named speakers; the report describes reactions and conditions.
Before the quotation
The September 13 report described Smith as a senior House Republican tax writer and characterized his response as support in principle.
After the quotation
The report does not identify a bill, funding source, or agreement on the proposal.
How this statement is classified
Smith expressed support in principle while qualifying it with concerns about the legislative process and deficit constraints.
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