In January 2009, the President’s economic advisors projected that his trillion-dollar stimulus plan would keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent, and the unemployment rate would be 6.2 percent today.  Instead, we’ve now had 34 consecutive months of unemployment above 8 percent, and the current unemployment rate is 8.6 percent.  Going ahead, if jobs continue to be created… Read more

Much attention has been given to President Obama’s continued “focus” on passage of the American Jobs Act.  As others have noted, looking back it seems that while the Obama Administration’s “focus” on job creation and their trillion dollar failed stimulus has received a lot of coverage for almost 3 years, it has yielded little in the way of actual job creation.  Now Rep. Debbie… Read more

Two surveys this week, one from the business research firm Sage North America and one from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), offer yet more proof that the Obama Administration’s stimulus and the Senate Democrats’ refusal to pass 22 bipartisan House-passed jobs bills have resulted in an economic climate in which small businesses are unwilling to hire.  The Sage… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the October jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 80,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for October was 9.0 percent. “Today’s disappointing job numbers are an indicator that our economy is still too weak and we’ve got a long way to go to… Read more

President Obama this week said Americans are better off due to his policies: "I think that we are better off now than we would have been if I hadn't taken all the steps that we took." The facts, and the experience of 14 million unemployed Americans, tell a different story.  As the chart below displays, the President’s economic advisors projected that under his trillion-dollar 2009… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced H.R. 3339, the Standard Data and Technology Advancement Act, or the “Standard DATA Act.”  This legislation establishes consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of key human services… Read more

Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for children.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2011 in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, beginning at 9:00 A.M. In view of the limited time… Read more

Good morning.  In today’s hearing, we will review Supplemental Security Income or SSI benefits for children.   SSI provides monthly Federal payments of up to $674 to 1.2 million low-income, disabled children across the U.S.  In all, SSI provides about $9 billion in payments to children each year, averaging about $8,000 per child.  That $9 billion nearly matches the… Read more

HEARING ON SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR CHILDREN HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE … Read more

Obama Rhetoric "We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge."  - President Obama,  at a fundraiser in San Francisco on October 25, 2011 Reality “To explain why our structurally insufficient bridges may have to wait for replacement or repair, it's useful to begin with some realities that might have… Read more