***POSTPONED*** 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… Read more

Sen. Chuck Schumer said this week that the Democrats will "get back to" job creation, which is the Democrats’ “strong suit”: “Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters minutes after the debt-ceiling deal passed: ‘It is now time for Congress to get back to our regularly scheduled program, and that means jobs. … The jobs issue won’t have to play second fiddle to the deficit issue… Read more

The last three days have seen three economic reports that are about as refreshing as Washington on a hot and humid summer day.  These reports are yet another sign that the Democrats' policies of tax, borrow and spend are a drag on the economy.  For three straight days the economic data point to too little – too little growth, too little certainty and too little confidence that… Read more

Today’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report marks the 15th consecutive week that over 400,000 Americans filed for the first time for unemployment insurance benefits.  This report simply confirms what the American people already know and his own former economic advisers are privately conceding:  President Obama and Congressional Democrats’ stimulus plan did nothing to… Read more

Today’s Washington Post includes an enlightening article titled “The Dangers of Being Wrong on Keynes,” who has long been liberals’ go-to economist on how government spending supposedly creates jobs.  Unfortunately for Keynes fans inside and outside of the Obama Administration, the practical lesson millions of Americans have learned the very hard way is that $1 trillion in Keynesian… Read more

Since non-farm payroll employment (the most common measure of jobs) bottomed out in February 2010 at 129.2 million, the U.S. job market has gained a total of 1.8 million jobs, or an average of about 111,000 jobs in each of the past 16 months.  Although 111,000 jobs per month may seem like a lot, a recent AP article notes that the "economy typically needs to add 125,000 jobs per month… Read more

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the announcement that Moody’s Investors Services “has placed the Aaa bond rating of the government of the United States on review for possible downgrade given the rising possibility that the statutory debt limit will not be raised on a timely basis, leading to a default on U.S. Treasury… 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 child deaths due to maltreatment. The hearing will take place at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Room B-318 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In view of the limited time available to hear from… Read more

When children die from maltreatment, it sometimes makes international headlines, as in the Caylee Anthony case that drew the focus of millions around the world in recent months. Sometimes the death of a child from maltreatment gains attention due to the shocking details of their treatment while alive.  That is what has happened in the case of 13-year-old Christian Choate, an… Read more

HEARING ON CHILD DEATHS DUE TO MALTREATMENT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS … Read more