In one of the clearest signals yet that small business has yet to warm to the president’s latest jobs proposal, a new survey reveals that more than two-thirds of small business owners do not believe that passage of the president’s plan would change their plans to hire.  In a recent MSNBC interview National Small Business Association president Todd McCracken emphasized that hiring is… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and U.S. Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, announced today that the Subcommittees will hold a joint oversight hearing on work incentives in Social Security disability programs.  The… Read more

As my colleagues have discussed, today’s hearing examines the effectiveness of work incentives administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) designed to help people with disabilities go to work.    Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Becerra focused on the effects especially on individuals who receive disability checks from the Social Security Disability Insurance… Read more

JOINT HEARING ON WORK INCENTIVES IN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PROGRAMS _________________ JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ___________ September 23,… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 2943, legislation to temporarily extend the authorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and related programs. Since it replaced the New Deal-era welfare program in 1996, TANF has been successful at cutting welfare dependence by 57 percent through the end of last year. Even more importantly, by promoting work among single parents who are… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 2883, the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, a bill that continues a tradition of bipartisanship in crafting child welfare legislation. The bill we are considering today reauthorizes two important child welfare programs, incorporating a series of improvements developed during hearings held by the Ways and Means Subcommittee on… Read more

Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis (R-KY) issued the following statement today after House passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (H.R. 2883) and the Short-Term Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Extension Act (H.R. 2943):   "The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, which I introduced with Ranking… Read more

Last night, at a Democratic Fundraiser in Washington, DC, President Obama said his latest “jobs” proposal would, “add two percentage points to the GDP, and add as many as 1.9 million jobs, and bring the unemployment rate down by a full percentage point."  However, as Congress reviews the President’s latest proposal, it is worth examining previous predictions the Obama Administration… Read more

In 1996 I was a part of the historic reform of our welfare system as were some of the members to my left and right here on the dais.  So, I’ve seen what Congress can do when we work together across party lines to accomplish goals for the greater good, and the child welfare legislation before us today is no different.    I’d like to thank Human Resources Subcommittee… Read more

The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act continues this Committee’s tradition of bipartisanship in crafting child welfare legislation. The bill we are considering today reauthorizes two important child welfare programs, incorporating a series of improvements developed during hearings held by the Subcommittee on Human Resources over the past few months. This bill is the… Read more