Representative Jason Smith was in town yesterday touring the Metal Container Corporation in Arnold. While Smith hasn’t held field hearings in Missouri, he said as chairman of the Ways and Means committee, it wouldn’t look good to bring everyone to Missouri first, so he took them to similar areas in other states.

Smith has been traveling the state, doing round tables and listening sessions on healthcare and tax policy.

“Whenever I travel the district like we are right now, you hear directly of their issues and concerns," Smith said. "One of the first things that was brought to my attention when I got here was some tax issues they had to try and incentivize more American agriculture products being used and purchased to create the beverages that they have here.”