Next Ways and Means Field Hearing to Focus on Oil, Manufacturing

The House Ways and Means Committee will hold its next field hearing in Oklahoma City, according to a GOP aide to a member on the committee.

The hearing, set for March 7, will focus on the oil and gas, agribusiness, and manufacturing industries, and will discuss tax polices related to those sectors, the aide said. This will be the second field hearing for the committee this Congress, after the panel’s first in West Virginia.

• The West Virginia hearing, held earlier this month, focused on supply-chain issues, energy costs, and expiring tax provisions.
• Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) has made field hearings ...