While President Obama prepares for his second inauguration next week, many Americans are hoping that the next four years aren’t filled with the same failed economic policies and broken promises as the last four years.  As the table below shows, from unemployment to housing to debt, the country is worse off than when the President first took office. The… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Chairmen of the subcommittees for the 113th Congress. “I congratulate the new and returning Chairmen of each of the subcommittees,” said Camp.  “The Committee faces a very busy Congress as we work to make our economy stronger and healthier.  Achieving that goal includes making the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the President signed into law the “Protect our Kids Act of 2012,” H.R. 6655.  The legislation, coauthored by Chairman Camp, establishes a commission to study data on child fatalities from abuse and neglect, to review current prevention methods and best practices, and… Read more

Fiction   “Building on the $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction he has already signed, President Obama is committed to continuing to cut our deficit….” (“White House Deficit Reduction Fact Sheet,” January 14, 2013)   Fact   Debt Held by the Public   January… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the December jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 155,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for December rose to 7.8 percent from the 7.7 percent rate previously reported for November. "It is clear there is still a… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Subcommittee on Human Resources Acting Chairman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the Senate passed the “Protect our Kids Act of 2012,” H.R. 6655, by unanimous consent.  The legislation establishes a commission to… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 6655, the Protect our Kids Act of 2012.   As we are too painfully reminded this week by the horrific tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, for all the good this nation has done to lift up children, we still have much, much more work to do.  So before I get into my remarks about the bill, I first want to extend my heartfelt condolences to the victims… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Acting Chairman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the House passed the “Protect our Kids Act of 2012,” H.R. 6655 with overwhelming bipartisan… Read more

Washington, DC - Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Acting Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, released a report prepared at his request by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).  The report, titled “Supplemental Security Income: SSA Has Taken Steps to Prevent and Detect Overpayments but Additional Actions Could be… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Acting Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Erik Paulsen (R-MN) released the following statement thanking actor Tamara Tunie, spokesperson for the National Coalition to End Child Abuse Deaths, for her support of the bipartisan proposal to reduce child deaths due to abuse and… Read more