While President Obama campaigns in Pennsylvania today and makes another pitch to raise taxes by $1.6 trillion, he has still failed to put forward a “balanced” plan that includes significant spending reductions to deal with the fiscal cliff.  The President’s continued focus on increasing tax rates is fast turning the fiscal cliff into a jobs cliff.  In fact, manufacturers across… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House Republican Conference ratified the GOP Steering Committee’s recommendation that he serve as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the 113th Congress.   “I am honored that my House Republican colleagues have chosen me to serve as Chairman of the… Read more

In a news story titled “Efforts to Curb Social Spending Face Resistance,” today’s New York Times reports that, “In talks with Congressional leaders, Mr. Obama is seeking $1.6 trillion in additional revenue over 10 years and $340 billion in health care savings.”  In noting that the “Administration was not considering changes” to Social Security, the article also suggests… Read more

Associations representing the nation’s leading small businesses today released a letter urging Congress to reject the President’s call for higher marginal tax rates on main street employers.  A total of 42 business organizations employing tens of millions of workers sent the letter to Capitol Hill urging Congress to avert job-killing tax hikes and instead… Read more

Good evening and thank you for that warm welcome.   Thanks to Chairman Bill Archer for that wonderful introduction.   Bill and I have known each other for many years, and I value both his friendship and the insight he provides from his time as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.   Bill was not my first Ways and Means Chairman – that was… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement on the looming fiscal cliff. “After the election, we only had 55 days to steer clear of the fiscal cliff.  The President has now finished at least his third press conference on the matter but is still two days away from meeting with congressional leadership.  After that, he will… Read more

On November 8, Congressional Democrats suggested that allowing taxes to rise on small businesses would “have only a miniscule effect on economic growth.”  However, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, their call for tax hikes would destroy 200,000 jobs.  While that level of job destruction may be “miniscule” to Democrats, the reality is, it is more… Read more

Midland, MI – Today, following the statement from Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement on the looming fiscal cliff. “Many pundits in Washington believe the number one problem facing the country is the deficit, but my constituents believe the number one problem facing them and their families is a… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the White House Counsel signaling a willingness to subpoena all records associated with the termination of Delphi pensions if they decline to fully comply with a congressional request for documents.   “Despite repeated assertions… Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent a letter to members of the Obama administration… Read more