By The Washington Times Editorial Board Since we’re stuck with Obamacare for the foreseeable future, Congress ought to pay attention… Read more

White House Two Months Ago: Decline in labor force participation increases inequality (i.e. the “defining challenge of our time”) and is a sign of a not “strengthening economy.” “Q:  You’re now concerned about inequality -- I’m wondering if there has been any changes to the labor supply that help or hinder inequality?   MR. FURMAN:  What you’d like is to increase… Read more

  WASHINGTON – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking… Read more

Good morning.  As we discussed last week at our hearing, the President’s health care law drastically changed the definition of full-time work.  As a result, millions of Americans are having their hours and wages cut as employers are forced to deal with the additional costs imposed by the law. The President says that he wants to work with Congress to combat income… Read more

Late last spring, Hoosiers began to witness a strange phenomenon:  One after another, local school corporations across the state announced they would limit the hours of hourly workers—their substitute teachers, teaching assistants, cafeteria workers, and so on—because of the provision in Obamacare’s employer mandate that defined full-time employment at 30 hours.  Though the… Read more

By Editorial Board The law of unintended consequences reared up again last week when the Monroe County Community School Corp.… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the Committee reported out legislation to repeal the ObamaCare 30-hour rule and legislation to protect volunteer firefighters and emergency responders from the burdens of the employer mandate. “ObamaCare is putting full-time work and the opportunity to earn more wages… Read more

Good Morning.  Less than 7 months ago, the Administration announced that they would delay the employer mandate for one year.  They acknowledged then what many had been saying since the law passed – the employer mandate is bad for business and, in turn, bad for American workers.  While the Administration offered a brief reprieve from the employer mandate, the pain ObamaCare… Read more

As the President prepares to deliver his State of the Union speech tonight he will discuss issues facing millions of Americans such as unemployment, education and economic opportunity.  However, what will be missing is the admission that the President’s signature policy achievement is forcing Americans to lose their jobs, work fewer hours and have their wages cut.  At a Ways… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 3362, the Exchange Information Disclosure Act.  There is widespread agreement that the ObamaCare rollout was a failure.  Most of us believe the Administration’s lack of transparency and truthfulness with Congress and the American people caused many of the problems.   Since the beginning of the rollout, I have pressed the Administration to… Read more