Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Chairman Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) today unveiled legislation, The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, to provide assistance to at-risk families, youth and foster children by improving… Read more

Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, including how States engage recipients in work activities that move them toward self-sufficiency. The hearing will take place at… Read more

Today we will review ideas for reauthorizing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.  Since it replaced the New Deal-era AFDC program in 1996, TANF has been successful at cutting welfare caseloads by 57 percent through last year. Even more importantly, by promoting work among single parents who are the most common welfare recipients, it has helped reduce child… Read more

HEARING ON IMPROVING WORK AND OTHER WELFARE REFORM GOALS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE … Read more

In August, President Obama told Americans that he would unveil yet another jobs plan on September 8, 2011 during an address before a Joint Session of Congress.  Why hold such a grand and high profile event?  The obvious reason is because prior plans and proposals offered up by the Obama Administration have failed to deliver the jobs that have been promised time and time… Read more

NOW August 2011 White House aims to speed up job-creating projects: “President Barack Obama wants to hit the accelerator on job-creating infrastructure projects.” THEN June 2011 President Obama Presented Ideas to Accelerate Job Growth and America’s Competitiveness at Jobs Council Meeting December 2010 Obama to meet with CEOs in Blair House session: “In an effort… Read more

August 22 marks the 15th anniversary of the successful 1996 welfare reform law, passed by a Republican Congress and ultimately signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton on August 22, 1996 (after he vetoed two prior versions).  The law created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which replaced the prior welfare program.  As reflected in the… Read more

The media is abuzz with “Breaking News” that in early September the President will outline his latest plan for job creation.   This latest pronouncement, however, may leave Americans wondering if they are like the Bill Murray character in the movie Groundhog Day: forced to relive speech after speech from the President about jobs, but with no different results.  A look back… Read more

Washington, DC - Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in response to the announcement that he has been selected by Speaker Boehner to serve on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: "I thank the Speaker for his confidence and trust in selecting me to serve as a member of the Joint Committee.  Earlier this month, the House and Senate passed, and the… Read more

“While any private sector job growth is preferred to job loss, today’s small increase demonstrates that the economic recovery has not taken hold.  For too long, too many in Washington have professed that the best way to boost confidence and job creation is to spend money that we don’t have. An unemployment rate above 8 percent for 30 consecutive months and a national debt that… Read more