Good morning and thank you for joining us today. As part of the Committee’s effort to strengthen the economy, create more jobs and increase wages for American families by making the tax code simpler and fairer, today’s hearing allows stakeholders and members of the public the opportunity to share their perspectives on tax reform and tax provisions affecting State and local… Read more

I want to welcome everyone to the second hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 113th Congress.  Today we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2013 report on Medicare payment policies. We heard from MedPAC during our Medicare structural reform hearing two weeks ago.  It was insightful to hear the… Read more

Good morning and welcome to our first Subcommittee hearing of the 113th Congress. I want to first introduce our new Subcommittee Members, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Thompson, and Ms. Schwartz.  Welcome aboard!  I look forward to working with each of you. We begin our work during a time when the government is operating under a  sequester, proposed… Read more

Good morning.  I want to welcome our panel of witnesses and everyone else to our hearing on U.S.-India trade relations. It is an honor and a privilege to be chairing my first hearing as Trade Subcommittee Chairman and to be serving with my colleague, Ranking Member Charlie Rangel. Under Chairman Camp and Chairman Brady’s leadership, the previous Congress passed seven… Read more

Good morning.  We are meeting today to consider H.R. 890, legislation that would prohibit the Obama Administration from waiving work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program. Last July, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued “guidance” that, for the first time, sought to unilaterally allow States to waive work… Read more

Three years ago this month, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. For individuals, families, and small businesses struggling to pay for health care, this milestone is no cause for celebration.  Today we will examine the impact of the key tax provisions of that law. The President’s… Read more

Today’s hearing is on the Obama Administration’s July 2012 proposal to allow States to waive work and activity requirements for welfare recipients, often simply called welfare’s “work requirements.” Those work requirements originated in the 1996 welfare reform law, which passed on a bipartisan basis after literally years of debate.  President Clinton campaigned in 1992 on a pledge… Read more

Welcome to today’s hearing. I can’t think of a more important, or more bipartisan, topic than promoting adoption. In fact, that’s why we are having this hearing today. This is an area where both parties have worked together to improve outcomes for children, which is what I would like to do whenever possible as Chairman. I know Mr. Doggett agrees with that goal, and I look forward to… Read more

Welcome to the first hearing of the Health Subcommittee for the 113th Congress.   Today we will review the outdated and confusing benefit design of the traditional Medicare program, the structure of which is essentially unchanged from its inception in 1965.  It maintains separate programs and benefits for hospital and physician services, and doesn’t coordinate care between… Read more

Good morning and thank you for joining us today.    As part of the Committee’s ongoing commitment to pursue comprehensive tax  reform in an open and transparent manner, the Committee is holding today’s hearing to allow stakeholders and members of the public the opportunity to share their perspectives on the deduction for charitable contributions. For today’s… Read more