Welcome to this morning’s joint Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Social Security hearing on identity theft and tax fraud.  I am pleased to join Chairman Johnson again as our Subcommittees focus on fraud, waste, and abuse, and how the federal government might better protect taxpayer dollars.  The subject of today’s hearing is not a new one, but evidence suggests it… Read more

Chairman Boustany, I want to thank you for holding this hearing regarding identity theft and its role in the growing crime of tax fraud.   Earlier this year, the Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on Social Security’s death records, including the so-called Death Master File, a publically available listing of the personal information of those who have died, including… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) made the following statement after the release of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports.  “Today's reports make it clearer than ever that doing nothing is not an option.  Republicans have been… Read more

Washington, DC - The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the second of a two-part report identifying Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) who are considered outliers because of the number of their disability decisions rendered either favorable or unfavorable.  The report comes in response to a June 16, 2011 bipartisan request from Members of the Ways and Means Social Security… Read more

Washington, DC - An investigation requested by Ways and Means Committee Republicans and conducted by the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that agency employees intentionally delayed deciding thousands of disability claims in order to boost their own productivity results.  The issue first surfaced in a Wall Street Journal report about a… Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced a hearing on how disability is decided.  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, beginning at 10:30 a.m. In view of the limited time available to hear witnesses, oral… Read more

Good morning and welcome to the third hearing in our series on securing the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance program.  Today we will focus on how disability is decided.   For more than 50 years the Social Security Disability Insurance program has provided a vital safety net for workers who have worked long and recently enough and who meet the definition of… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the House Republican Budget Resolution introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). “A budget is a vision for America, and the President’s budget envisions more debt, more spending and will leave future generations buried under a government that is too big and that… Read more

Washington, DC -  Recently, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the first of two reports looking at Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) who are outliers because of the number of cases they have or have not handled or the number of awards they have handed out.  The report is in response to a bipartisan request on June 16, 2011, from Members of the Ways and Means Social… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statements in response to President Obama's 2013 budget proposal. On Taxes & the Economy “The President’s budget includes the biggest tax increase in history and the biggest budget deficit ever proposed.  The President’s $2 trillion tax increase will destroy jobs and further weaken our… Read more