Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) announced the completion of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980). This bipartisan legislation reflects agreements reached between the…
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The Share of Adults Who Are Working Is Back to 1984 Levels. The share of adults who are working dropped to levels last seen in 1984 and has yet to recover.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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As introduced on June 17, 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Camp is…
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Record Number of Americans Are Not Working. A record number of people are unemployed or have left the workforce.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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As introduced on June 17, 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Camp is listing 40 reasons for the…
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Worst "Recovery" Ever for Dropouts from the Workforce. In no prior recession have this many people remained out of the workforce this far into an economic recovery.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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As introduced on June 17, 2014, Ways and Means…
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Worst “Recovery” Ever for Long-Term Unemployed. In no other recession were there this many long-term unemployed.
Source: Calculated Risk Blog.
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As introduced on June 17, 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Camp is listing 40 reasons for the Senate to pass the 40 jobs bills the House has already…
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On June 17, 2010, the Obama Administration announced the start of “Recovery Summer.” As one Administration official put it back then, “This summer is sure to be a Summer of Economic Recovery.” That boast added to promise after promise by the Administration and Congressional Democrats that their policies would turn the economy around and “lay a new foundation for growth and…
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According to a recent CNNMoney poll, a majority of Americans believe the American Dream is impossible to achieve. Even more alarming, 63 percent of Americans 18-34 years old think the American Dream is completely out of reach, with most believing they belong to a generation that will not be better off than their parents.
After last week’s jobs report, it’s not surprising…
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the May jobs report.
“Anyone who is happy with this report clearly has very low expectations. This is not good enough for America. We need a stronger economy in which we encourage greater innovation, investment, and growth. Only then will we see the strong job…
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Welcome to today’s hearing on the very important topic of whether youth in foster care are being prescribed medications appropriately. As we will hear from our witnesses, too often the answer is no.
We know from research that foster children are prescribed mind-altering, psychotropic drugs at very high rates – far higher than other children. CRS found that between 2008 and 2010, nearly…
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