
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


The topic of this episode is, “What does the House Ways and Means Committee do? And how does it do it?”
The House Ways and Means Committee is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, first established in 1789 and became a standing committee in 1805. It has jurisdiction over raising revenue for the government to spend---taxes, tariffs, and the like. The term “Ways and Means” comes from English Parliamentary practice, wherein there was a committee with authority for finding the ways and means to pay for government actions and policies.
My guest is Tom Reed, a former member of the House of Representatives. He was in Congress from 2010 to 2022 and represented New York’s 29th and 23rd districts. Importantly for this podcast, Mr. Reed served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was deeply involved with its tax reform work.
Click here for the full transcript of the episode.
By AEI Podcasts5
2121 ratings
The topic of this episode is, “What does the House Ways and Means Committee do? And how does it do it?”
The House Ways and Means Committee is the oldest committee of the United States Congress, first established in 1789 and became a standing committee in 1805. It has jurisdiction over raising revenue for the government to spend---taxes, tariffs, and the like. The term “Ways and Means” comes from English Parliamentary practice, wherein there was a committee with authority for finding the ways and means to pay for government actions and policies.
My guest is Tom Reed, a former member of the House of Representatives. He was in Congress from 2010 to 2022 and represented New York’s 29th and 23rd districts. Importantly for this podcast, Mr. Reed served on the House Ways and Means Committee and was deeply involved with its tax reform work.
Click here for the full transcript of the episode.

5,101 Listeners

973 Listeners

376 Listeners

210 Listeners

1,112 Listeners

129 Listeners

698 Listeners

6,303 Listeners

2,547 Listeners

6,589 Listeners

147 Listeners

635 Listeners

17 Listeners

41 Listeners

3,909 Listeners

3,338 Listeners

18 Listeners

28 Listeners

18 Listeners

63 Listeners

717 Listeners

744 Listeners

37 Listeners