Good morning.  We are meeting today to consider H.R. 807, the “Full Faith and Credit Act,” introduced by Congressman McClintock earlier this year.  I will be offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute to ensure that the United States never defaults on a debt payment. In February of this year, the President signed into law H.R. 325, the “No Budget, No Pay Act,”… Read more

Included in the President’s budget proposal was a change to the way Social Security measures inflation – moving from the current measure to the chained Consumer Price Index.  As Treasury Secretary Lew stated during his testimony before the Ways and Means Committee on the President’s budget, “The Chained CPI is a more accurate measure of inflation in that it does a better job of… Read more

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1502, “The Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013.”  The legislation would keep people from receiving both Social Security disability benefits and unemployment benefits at the same time.  A… Read more

Hearing is the First in the Committee’s Hearing Series on Entitlement Reform U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced the first in a series of hearings on the President’s and other bipartisan entitlement reform proposals.  This hearing will focus on using the Chained Consumer… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the President’s FY2014 Budget. “Our country faces great challenges, and meeting those challenges requires that we work together.  I welcome the President’s inclusion of reforms to Medicare and Social Security.  With more than 10,000 Baby Boomers… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee will convene a series of hearings on entitlement reforms to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security that have been identified by the President – either in his budget or in other recommendations to Congress – as well as bipartisan ideas for entitlement reform from… Read more

Good morning.  Fairness and consistency are essential to ensuring Americans’ confidence in Social Security’s disability insurance program.  Their importance has been consistently recognized since the disability program was created in 1956.   As we know, Social Security’s definition of who is disabled is a strict one.  Whether someone is disabled depends on medical… Read more

Hearing on the Challenges of Achieving Fair and Consistent Disability Decisions _____________________________________ HEARING … Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) delivered a statement on the House floor in support of the GOP’s balanced budget.  "I rise in support of a federal budget that balances so we can strengthen our economy, create more jobs and allow American workers to start seeing an increase in their paychecks again. "I know we can do it. … Read more

Good morning and welcome to our first Subcommittee hearing of the 113th Congress. I want to first introduce our new Subcommittee Members, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Thompson, and Ms. Schwartz.  Welcome aboard!  I look forward to working with each of you. We begin our work during a time when the government is operating under a  sequester, proposed… Read more