The Obama Administration today released a “report” claiming that anywhere from 50 million to 129 million non-elderly Americans “could be denied affordable coverage” if the Democrats’ health care law is repealed.  With 17 million non-elderly individuals uninsured, the “report” attempts to mislead the public that up to 129 million Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance,… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement in response to the release of the Report on the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act : “Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor’s release of this report echoes what the American people have been telling us since the law went into effect:  this is a… Read more

Washington, DC- Moving quickly to get the Ways and Means Committee up and running, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced the Chairman and the Republican members of the subcommittees for the 112th Congress. "I congratulate the new members on each of the subcommittees, " said Camp. "We have big challenges ahead of us to reinvigorate the economy and create jobs, pursue fundamental tax… Read more

Washington, DC – Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement today upon announcement of being formally elected by the United States House of Representatives to serve as the Ways and Means Committee Chairman for the 112th Congress. "It is a great honor and even greater responsibility to be selected today by my colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the… Read more

Many parents have heard FICA Screams. Indignant children, holding in trembling hands their first paychecks, demand to know what FICA is and why it is feasting on their pay. FICA (the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax) is government compassion, expressed numerically: It is the welfare state; it funds Social Security and Medicare. Sometimes it makes young people into… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) issued the following statements in reaction to news that a Virginia judge has ruled that the health care law’s requirement that nearly every American purchase government-sanctioned health insurance is unconstitutional. Rep. Camp: “This confirms what most… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon passage of H.R. 4994, the “Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010”: “It is good news that Medicare physician payments will be stable for the next year.  However, it is time for Congress to end this problem and find a permanent, fiscally responsible solution.  This bill shows a new… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman-elect Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement today congratulating the new Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee: “Our new members bring a wealth of expertise, knowledge and enthusiasm to the Committee – all of which we will need to tackle the important issues facing the Committee and the nation.  I am confident the talent… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement today upon announcement of being selected by the Republican Conference to serve as the Ways and Means Committee Chairman. "It is a great honor and even greater responsibility to be selected today by my colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the 112th Congress.  Our… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement with regard to the final proposal put forth by the Fiscal Commission co-chairs, Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson. “Chairmen Bowles and Simpson deserve a great deal of credit for undertaking this monumental task and providing the… Read more