Then “Certain industries, such as construction and manufacturing, are likely to experience particularly strong job growth under a recovery package that includes an emphasis on infrastructure, energy, and school repair.” (page 2) “The estimates suggest that 30% of the jobs created will be in construction and manufacturing, even though these industries employ only 15% of all… Read more

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis confirms the Obama Administration circumvented Congress to waive bipartisan welfare work requirements. The GAO analysis, requested on… Read more

Then "A well designed recovery plan will not only create numerous jobs, but also many jobs paying good wages and providing full-time employment." (The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, January 2009) Now "While a majority of jobs lost during the downturn were in the middle range of wages, a majority of those added during the recovery have been low paying,… Read more

As Americans prepare to honor the economic contributions of workers this Labor Day, they are faced with yet another year of disappointing labor data, courtesy of the failed economic policies of the Obama Administration.  As described below, the “Obama Recovery” has come to be defined by: 1.  Persistently disappointing job and unemployment figures, 2.  Declining… Read more

American incomes declined more in the three-year expansion that started in June 2009 than during the longest recession since the Great Depression, according an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Sentier Research LLC. Median household income fell 4.8 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis since the recession ended in June… Read more

Washington, DC – In anticipation of tomorrow’s anniversary of the signing of the historic, bipartisan 1996 Welfare Reform law, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today released a report detailing the Obama Administration’s efforts to undermine work requirements in multiple government benefit programs as well as encourage expanded dependence on a variety of government… Read more

During the Obama Administration (that is, between January 2009 and July 2012), the number of people not in the labor force has grown by 7.8 million, according to the Department of Labor’s household survey.  Meanwhile, during that same time, employment has grown by only 33,000 according to the same… Read more

Where are the jobs the Administration promised its stimulus would deliver? 1. In January 2009, the Obama Administration forecast there would be 137.6 million jobs at the end of 2010 under their stimulus plan.  Instead, there were just 130.3 million jobs in December 2010.  Now, even 19 months later in July 2012, there are just 133.2 million jobs in… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the July jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 163,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for July increased to 8.3 percent.  This marks the 42nd consecutive month that the U.S. unemployment rate has been above 8 percent, a… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) has been named the Acting Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources.  Paulsen, who is the highest-ranking Republican on the Subcommittee following the retirement of former Chairman Geoff Davis, will serve in this capacity for the… Read more