Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to American Action Forum (AAF) analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 2014. “We cannot sit back and accept the status quo – families are struggling, wages are stagnant and employers are still not hiring.  The people I represent in Michigan didn’t send me to Congress to… Read more

Washington, DC – Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) met with the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Inspector General (IG) Pat O’Carroll yesterday regarding his request for a full investigation of Social Security’s management and failure to prevent disability fraud conspiracies.  The request followed the arrests of over 200 individuals – including retired… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Republican Committee Members submitted comments to Treasury Secretary Lew and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Koskinen on the proposed 501(c)(4) rule. In the letter, the Members explained their strong opposition to the notice of proposed rulemaking and why it should be abandoned, noting that  “1) it has been put forward based on a… Read more

As part of my on-going efforts as Chairman to root out fraud and waste in the Social Security Disability Insurance program, we are here on behalf of the 11 million people with disabilities and their families and hard-working taxpayers American demanding action from Social Security.  We need answers on how it will prevent conspiracy fraud in the Social Security Disability Insurance… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released draft legislation to fix America’s broken tax code by lowering tax rates while making the code simpler and fairer for families and job creators.  Camp’s latest draft, the “Tax Reform Act of 2014,” spurs stronger economic growth, greater job creation and puts more money in the pockets of hardworking… Read more

There have been so many changes to the tax code over the last decade – more than one every day – that the tax code is now 10 times the size of the Bible, but with none of the Good News.   I know – it seems like an old joke now – you’ve heard it a lot over the last few years.  It still gets a good laugh at home in Michigan – and when I travel around the country listening… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to additional indictments in the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud in New York City. “Today we learned that the New York disability fraud scheme carried out by retired police officers and fire fighters was more rampant than we… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen a letter requesting that the IRS fulfill the Committee’s months-long request for all documents regarding the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups. In the letter, Chairman Camp stated that if the IRS did not comply with the request, he would be… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced how it will implement the over $300 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage included in the President’s health care law.     "Americans across the country are feeling the pain of ObamaCare, and today the Administration… Read more

Washington, DC - House and Senate Committee leaders yesterday called on the administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, the leaders question the legality of the proposed regulation and… Read more