Markup of Bills to Advance Strategic Interests, Expand Medicare, Fight Fraud, and Protect Taxpayers

House Ways and Means Committee · December 11, 2025

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Opening, retirements acknowledged, agenda preview

Announcement

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Chair (speaker identified later in transcript as Chairman Smith) called the committee to order, recognized retiring members (Rep. Arrington, Rep. Schweikert, Rep. Feenstra, Rep. Doggett) and yielded to the ranking member (Rep. Neal) for comments. Ranking Member Neal urged continued oversight and criticized private briefings of certain executive witnesses. Chairman previewed the markup topics: trade preference reauthorizations (AGOA, HOPE/HELP), IP enforcement, Social Security-related bills, taxpayer protections, and a bill to reclassify less-lethal devices.

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House Ways and Means Committee held a full-committee markup to consider a package of trade, tax, and Social Security-related bills, including 3-year extensions of AGOA and HOPE/HELP trade programs, intellectual property/enforcement updates, Social Security technical fixes, and a controversial measure to reclassify certain "less-than-lethal" devices. Multiple amendments were debated and votes were taken on each bill.

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