Immediate Tax Relief and Assistance for Working Families: • Rate Reductions and AMT Relief:  Lowers, for 2009 and 2010, the bottom two income tax brackets from 10% to 5% and from 15% to 10%, respectively.  This will reduce the income taxes of every American who pays income taxes and will provide a maximum family benefit of almost $3,400 each year.  The substitute also ensures that no… Read more

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Outside of the White House today, Speak Pelosi claimed that Republican voices have been heard in the  discussion of the House Democrat's trillion-dollar spending bill. Majority Leader Hoyer went as far as to say, “This week, the Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees held markups on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to include important feedback… Read more

OPENING STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER DAVE CAMP MARKUP OF H.R. 598 – ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL JANUARY 22, 2009 (REMARKS AS PREPARED) Mr. Chairman, Families all across this nation are rightly worried about what tomorrow will bring.  Our economy is in a recession; the credit markets remain seized up; and additional job losses are predicted for the near future and for some time to come if… Read more

Washington D.C. – Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) issued the following statement today after Democrats’ released a summary of health care provisions in the proposed stimulus bill: “Chairman Rangel’s summary of the health care provisions included in the stimulus bill is, unfortunately, in line with the House Democrats’ theory that we can borrow and spend our way… Read more

  Tomorrow House Democrats plan to bring a bill to the floor that will expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program. And just like last year the bill is full of missed opportunities and misplaced priorities. Before I get into the details on how this will raise your taxes I want to make two points perfectly clear: 1. SCHIP should cover poor kids first. The Democrat plan shifts the… Read more

Democrats have decided to pay for their proposal for a massive SCHIP expansion, which dilutes the focus on poor children, with tens of billions of dollars in additional tobacco taxes.   Short of finding at least 22.4 million new smokers (the number required to adequately fund SCHIP) Democrats will be forced to either kick millions of children off of health insurance or raise… Read more

Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement today after the subcommittee assignments were announced for the 111th Congress: "I congratulate the new additions to each of the subcommittees, " said Camp.  "The 111th Congress will take on a long to-do list of issues facing our country and the Ways and Means Subcommittees will play a central role in… Read more

-Today, House Democrats will attempt to block a requirement that would force the House to debate proposals that would protect the solvency of the Medicare program, ensuring that it continues to provide life-saving health care to seniors for years to come.   -The Democratic Rules Package would irresponsibly ignore the financial crisis facing the Medicare program.  If this… Read more

      HEARING ON MEDICARE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME BENEFICIARIES   HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF… Read more