Washington, DC – Today, all Republican Members of the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman urging the Administration to build support for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and directing the Administration not to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before TPA is enacted into law. In the letter, the Members stated, “Because of… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) requested Democracy 21 provide all communications, including emails, between the advocacy group and former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner.  Camp and Boustany requested the materials to help recover over two years of Lerner emails that… Read more

At the end of this month, states across the country will be forced to put road construction projects on hold if Congress cannot address the Highway Trust Fund.  At risk are hundreds of thousands of jobs in the construction industry.  A strong infrastructure is central to commerce and, at a time when millions of Americans are packing their bags to take a vacation, or just… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, the Ways and Means Committee passed by voice vote a bill that would provide nearly $11 billion for highway funding – allowing projects to move forward through May 31, 2015.  Legislation that will be considered by the Senate Finance Committee this afternoon would provide a nearly identical amount of funding.   The Ways and Means package contains three… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), released a package to fund transportation projects through May 31, 2015.  The package contains three policies that have all received strong bipartisan and bicameral support in the past: The two main provisions – pension smoothing ($6.4 billion) and customs user fees ($3.5 billion) – are policies the… Read more

Washington, DC -  Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) sent the following letter to the Administration ahead of this week's meetings of the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) announced a series of requests to the Administration on the destroyed IRS emails: That the White House and Treasury give the Committee details of: How they learned of Lerner’s hard drive crash and the resulting… Read more

Washington, D.C. — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that he appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups.   Over a year has passed since the public first learned about the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) announced the completion of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980).  This bipartisan legislation reflects agreements reached between the… Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders from the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve post-acute care for Medicare beneficiaries. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., and Ranking Member Sandy Levin,… Read more