Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) delivered a statement on the House floor in support of the GOP’s balanced budget.  "I rise in support of a federal budget that balances so we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs and allow American workers to start seeing an increase in their paychecks again. "I know we can do it. … Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 890, the Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013. In July of last year, the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services issued an “information memorandum” saying they would accept and approve applications from States seeking to waive the requirement that 50 percent of their welfare caseload be engaged… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) made the following statements after the House passed H.R. 890, the Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013.  The legislation prohibits the Obama Administration from waiving the work requirements… Read more

  Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work requirements were the heart and soul of the historic welfare reform signed by President… Read more

In the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, the Obama administration announced it would ease up on the work requirements that made the 1996 reform of the nation's welfare law such a success. At the time, congressional Republicans denounced the move as "gutting" the law and vowed they would not let it stand. On Wednesday the House Committee of Ways and Means took the first steps… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the February jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 236,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for February decreased to 7.7 percent. “Despite this month’s positive report, job growth is still woefully behind where it should be. … Read more

Then:   "It's about jobs. In its life, it [ObamaCare] will create 4 million jobs -- 400,000 jobs almost immediately."   (Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Administration’s “Health Summit” on February 25, 2010)   Now :   “I’ve got a news flash for you.  The Affordable Care Act is not a jobs program.”   (Jared Bernstein, former chief economist for… Read more

Good morning.  We are meeting today to consider H.R. 890, legislation that would prohibit the Obama Administration from waiving work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program. Last July, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued “guidance” that, for the first time, sought to unilaterally allow States to waive work… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Committee approved, by a vote of 21 to 14, H.R. 890, the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013. “Ways and Means Committee passage of the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act today brings us one step closer to preventing the Obama… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduced the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Extension Act of 2013.  Under current law, the TANF program is authorized through March 27, 2013.  The TANF Extension Act would extend the program’s authorization through December 31,… Read more