HEARING ON AARP'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT, AND FINANCES ________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE… Read more

We meet today to consider H.R. 1232, a bill that restricts the use of taxpayer funds for abortion.  It is, we all know, not an issue that this Committee considers often, and it is certainly one that many of us have strong feelings about.  While I expect there will be differences of opinion today, I do hope that we will stand together in protecting the jurisdiction of this… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Members Wally Herger (R-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Charles Boustany (R-LA) today released “Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn’t Know,”  a new report exposing the conflict between AARP’s drive for profits, the best interests of its members and the organization’s tax exempt status.  The report, which is the culmination of… Read more

House Republicans seek IRS probe of AARP March 30, 2011  WASHINGTON (AP) — AARP lobbied for the new health care law and now it stands to profit, Republican lawmakers charged Wednesday as they called for the IRS to investigate whether the powerful interest group deserves to keep its federal tax exemption. Three veteran GOP representatives released a report that estimates the… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr, MD (R-LA) today announced that the Subcommittees on Health and Oversight will hold a hearing on AARP’s organizational structure, management, and financial growth over the last decade.  The hearing will take place on Friday, April 1, 2011, in 1100 Longworth House… Read more

Today, March 23, 2011, marks the one-year anniversary of the American people living under the Democrats’ health care law.  A look back at the calendar reveals everything we need to know about the law on its first anniversary – higher premiums, fewer jobs, more regulations, and more federal spending – and despite promises to the contrary, most in America will not get to keep the plan they… Read more

I want to welcome everyone to the first hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 112th Congress.  Today, we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2011 report on Medicare payment policies. During this Congress, we must come together to address a fiscal crisis of monumental proportions.  Every program, no matter… Read more

HEARING ON MEDPAC MARCH 2011 REPORT TO CONGRESS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF… Read more

In another admission that the Democrats’ health care law is unworkable, the Obama Administration announced today rules that states must follow to ask for the Administration's permission beginning in 2017, in order to “opt out” of the bulk of the health care law.  The announcement comes on the heels of news earlier this week that the Obama Administration granted the state of Maine a waiver… Read more

Washington, DC - Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) indicated that he favors the House-passed version of legislation to protect small businesses from a new onerous, job-destroying 1099 tax reporting mandate to the version approved by the Senate.  In response, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) urged the Senate to pass and send the house-passed jobs bill to… Read more