While the White House claims their stimulus bill “has already created or saved up to 2 million jobs,” the table below compares the White House's original projections of state-by-state job creation with the actual change in state payroll employment through January 2010, using the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Only North Dakota, Alaska and the District of Columbia have seen… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today was selected by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to serve as one of three House Republicans on the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.  “I want to thank Leader Boehner for naming me to the Commission,” said Camp.  “Frankly, there may be no greater or graver task we face than… Read more

Thank you for calling this hearing today.  This Subcommittee has had five solo hearings in the last year.  The first was last March, titled “protecting lower-income families while fighting global warming.”  Our Democrat colleagues discussed their plan to create the largest welfare program in American history, called “Energy Stamps.”  That policy found its way into the House-passed… Read more

With an unemployment rate of 9.7 percent and over 3 million jobs eliminated since Democrats’ 2009 stimulus, Americans desperately need and deserve some good news on jobs. At first blush, the suggestion by the U.S. Department of Commerce that the upcoming census could create as many as 800,000 jobs would appear to be just that. This notion was seconded in a March 9, 2010 article in The… Read more

Today's announcement that we lost 36,000 more jobs in February means the economy has shed 3.3 million jobs since the Democrats'  "stimulus" was passed.  As the chart below shows, the unemployment rate remains at 9.7 percent – almost 30 percent higher than the Administration promised it would be. In response to this latest economic news, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI)… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon the announcement that U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) will assume the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. “I want to congratulate Sandy, though I know this is not how he or anyone would want to take over the reins of the committee.  Sandy and I have had a long and good working… Read more

Washington, DC -- Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement regarding the decision by Rep. John Linder (R-GA) not to seek reelection. "John knows more about the issues that come before the committee than most of the expert witnesses we have testify.  He is a fierce advocate for what he believes in and has been a tremendous asset to our team… Read more

The chart below compares Administration predictions of job creation with the reality of what has actually happened since passage of Democrats’ 2009 stimulus law. It shows a current gap of 5 million between the number of jobs the Administration promised and the harsh reality American workers and families are experiencing. Unless robust job creation starts immediately, the gap between the… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) will deliver the weekly Republican address and will attend the White House Summit on health care next Thursday. In his address this week, Rep. Camp echoes the American people's request to reduce the cost of health care noting that, "the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the Republican health care bill… Read more

On the first anniversary of the signing of their so-called stimulus bill, Administration officials are fanning out across the country claiming stimulus is working.  As Vice President Biden put it: “One year later I am absolutely certain of one thing: I say this to the press, the Recovery Act is working.” Meanwhile the chart below paints a very different picture. The blue line shows the… Read more