Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel questioning the agency’s decision to delay the start of tax filing season.  Camp said it appears the agency is putting a higher priority on implementing ObamaCare than tending to its core mission – processing nearly 150 million… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the September jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 148,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for September decreased to 7.2 percent from 7.3 percent in August.  “When nearly half of the Federal Reserve… Read more

Washington, DC – Tonight, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the House voted to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling.   “I voted for the bill because it will reopen the government and prevent the country from defaulting on its debt, but this is a missed opportunity to address the underlying problems – a weak economy… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirming that action must be taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to remove the Social Security number (SSN) on seniors’ Medicare cards to… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the National Organization of Marriage lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.  “The unauthorized release of confidential information is a crime and those affected deserve answers, not the runaround.  What makes the situation even worse is that the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI), Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act.   The Promoting Adoption and Legal… Read more

  Washington, DC -  Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement regarding the Health and Human Services release of its estimated 2014 premiums for the 36 states with ObamaCare Exchanges.   “Today, the Administration confirmed that the President will not keep his promise that Americans will see a $2,500 decrease in… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demanding that the agency determine whether individuals whose names were included on donor lists improperly obtained by the IRS were then subject to audit. “The agency testified that donor lists were destroyed, when in fact those lists are still… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 15, 2013 that defunds ObamaCare.  Since 2011, Camp and House Republicans have repealed key provisions of the health care law and secured $55 billion in cuts to ObamaCare, which… Read more

  Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) issued the following statement praising a joint call by the RATE Coalition and the Coalition for Fair Effective Tax Rates to advance and pass comprehensive tax reform that makes today's broken tax code simpler and fairer for all job… Read more