SAN FRANCISCO – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) visited the Silicon Valley area today as part of their nationwide tour to make the tax code simpler and fairer for individuals and job creators.  The tax-writing chairmen visited two high-tech sector businesses: Square, a San… Read more

Washington, DC -  In a letter sent to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) asked that GAO assess how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examines tax-exempt organizations.  Following revelations that the IRS was subjecting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status to… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel to immediately cease the IRS’s apparent continued practice of targeting Tea Party applications based on name alone. As part of its investigation into… Read more

UPDATED: NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 3:45PM FOR SQUARE, INC. VISIT  Washington - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced that on Monday, August 19 and Tuesday, August 20 they will visit two separate technology companies in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley area.  The West Coast… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation to extend and improve the Adoption Incentives program.  The draft was developed with the goal of producing bipartisan legislation based on testimony received at a Human Resources Subcommittee hearing earlier this year.  A detailed summary of the draft legislation can also be found… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the Obama Administration issued guidance on the participation of Members of Congress and Congressional staff in the Federal health exchanges created under the President's health law.   “The proposed rule from the Obama Administration is the latest proof of what most… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the July jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 162,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for July decreased to 7.4 percent. "It is tough to find the bright spot in this report when the fact remains that the… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced, H.R. 2925, The Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2013. The legislation would grant the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) authority to exclude from the Medicare program… Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation of the President’s proposals to strengthen Medicare.  This follows several hearings in the Health Subcommittee on bipartisan proposals to secure the future of the program.  The draft legislative text can be found at www.waysandmeans.house.gov/entitlementreform.  The latest legislative… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon President Obama’s announcement to nominate John Koskinen as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service: "The IRS is a deeply troubled agency.  While I have not met Mr. Koskinen, I certainly hope he is ready and able to shake-up the agency and hold people accountable… Read more