Washington, DC – Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding HHS’ unilateral action to clear the backlog of Medicare appeals through a “settlement” process.  In the letter, Brady asked HHS to clearly articulate its statutory authority for this settlement process.  In… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) called on the Acting Commissioner of Social Security to adopt the recommendations of the special report released today by the Social Security Administration Office Inspector General (SSA OIG) on Social Security’s failure to prevent recent disability fraud scandals. “The Inspector General’s… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the Administration’s comments on inversions and tax reform: “Everyone agrees that tax reform is the only solution that will both keep companies from moving their headquarters out of the United States, and encourage more businesses to grow, hire and increase wages for… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen highlighting his concerns with the time and money the IRS spends annually on National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) activity.  The IRS has estimated that in Fiscal Year 2013, taxpayers funded over $20 million and over 500,000 work… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R- MI) issued the following statement on the August jobs report. “We are still not seeing the job growth Americans deserve.  Worse yet, a record number of Americans have dropped out of the labor force altogether.  The Senate needs to act on the over forty House-passed jobs bills so we can jumpstart this… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, on the eve of Labor Day weekend, the House Ways and Means Committee released a report on the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, which expired in December 2013, and its impact on job growth.  The report finds that job growth weakened while EUC paid out record levels of benefits, but has strengthened since EUC expired.  This year… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement on the release of the “Better Off Working: Disability Reform Work Group Strategic Plan” by the Michigan Department of Human Services, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Disability Determination Service, and the Disability Network and Michigan Employers: "I applaud the Michigan Department of Human… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2014 (PIMA), a discussion draft aimed at combating fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program so that it can better serve Americans. Upon releasing the discussion draft, Chairman Brady made the following statement: "I’m pleased… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) made the following statements on the failure to adopt the Trade Facilitation Agreement protocol in Geneva: Rep. Camp:  "India’s actions last night to bring down implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement are completely unacceptable and put into… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding the Railroad Retirement Board’s (RRB) total and permanent (T&P) disability program, financed in part by Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) revenues, lacks safeguards to prevent fraud.   “With reports like… Read more