Hearing Reviewing How Today’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Families _____________________________________ … Read more

As Father’s Day (June 16) and the third anniversary of the Obama Administration declaration of the start of “Recovery Summer” (June 17) approach, it’s worth reviewing how men have been faring in the Obama economy.  As the graphs below indicate, the answer is not well – especially for men in their prime working years who are the most likely to have young families to support this… Read more

  Washington, D.C. - Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today congratulated the State of Michigan on receiving approval for their short-time compensation (STC) program from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).  This approval makes Michigan eligible for federal funds first made available under The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job… Read more

Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “More Spending, Less Real Help: Reviewing How Today’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Families.” The hearing will review programs designed to assist low-income individuals and… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the May jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 175,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for May increased to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April. “The fact that the unemployment rate remains this high is just more… Read more

  Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Members of the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee took a bipartisan step to eliminate unnecessary barriers that keep youth in foster care from participating in normal, everyday activities.  In a letter to State child welfare administrators, the Members encouraged child welfare professionals to provide additional attention… Read more

Entering foster care is a life-changing experience for children. Foster children are faced with a dizzying array of changes that are anything but normal. They are separated from their parents. They are often sent to live with a family they have never met. They may start attending a new school, have to make new friends, and make new efforts to participate in sports and other activities… Read more

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), along with other Members of the Human Resources Subcommittee, introduced H.R. 1896, the International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation mirrors legislation that unanimously… Read more

Hearing on Letting Kids Be Kids: Balancing Safety with Opportunity for Foster Youth _____________________________________ HEARING … Read more

  WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) internal memo that confirms that as early as 2009, the Obama Administration was actively exploring ways to circumvent welfare work requirements and other key provisions that were the… Read more