Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Member Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY) and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), along with Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Members of the Human Resources Subcommittee introduced H.R. 948, the Standard Data and Technology Advancement Act, or the “Standard DATA… Read more

Today’s hearing is on the Obama Administration’s July 2012 proposal to allow States to waive work and activity requirements for welfare recipients, often simply called welfare’s “work requirements.” Those work requirements originated in the 1996 welfare reform law, which passed on a bipartisan basis after literally years of debate.  President Clinton campaigned in 1992 on a pledge… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) introduced the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013, prohibiting the Obama Administration from waiving the work requirements that were a… Read more

Hearing on Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program _____________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

Welcome to today’s hearing. I can’t think of a more important, or more bipartisan, topic than promoting adoption. In fact, that’s why we are having this hearing today. This is an area where both parties have worked together to improve outcomes for children, which is what I would like to do whenever possible as Chairman. I know Mr. Doggett agrees with that goal, and I look forward to… Read more

Today, in a letter in response to a request by Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that the Obama Administration’s July 2012 “memorandum” that allows States to waive work and activity requirements for welfare recipients would cost Federal taxpayers almost $60 million over the coming decade.   According to the CBO letter, the… Read more

Hearing on Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care _____________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with Congressmen Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Tom Reed (R-NY), released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report underscoring the… 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 on increasing adoptions from foster care, including through the Adoption Incentives program. The hearing will take place immediately following the Subcommittee organizational meeting that begins at 2:00 p.m. on… Read more

February 17, 2013, will mark the fourth anniversary of Democrats’ failed 2009 stimulus plan – and yet another year in which Democrats’ economic policy promises turned out to be oversold and underperforming.  As displayed below, despite adding $1 trillion to the national debt, this 2009 legislation has been followed by 2.8 million fewer jobs and an unemployment rate 2.7 percentage… Read more