Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in response to the announcement of the invitation for Canada to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Chairman Camp: “I am pleased with Canada’s invitation to join the TPP talks, and Canada’s participation… Read more

The Kaiser Family Foundation is out with a new report that reinforces the broken promises associated with the Democrats’ health care law.  Despite repeated claims by President Obama and Congressional Democrats that health care costs would decrease, this latest report finds that individuals and employees of small businesses are actually being hit with higher costs – and… Read more

Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements in response to the announcement of the invitation for Mexico to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations: Chairman Camp: “I applaud Mexico’s decision to resolve key issues and its commitment to adopt TPP’s high standards and… Read more

We pay our presidents for judgment, and President Obama committed a colossal error of judgment in making health-care “reform” a centerpiece of his first term. Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — and regardless of how the court decides — it’s clear that Obama overreached. His attempt to achieve universal health insurance coverage is a massive feat of… Read more

Two years ago, on June 17, 2010, the Obama Administration announced the arrival of what it called “Recovery Summer.”  The White House touted it as “the most active Recovery Act season yet, with tens of thousands of projects underway across the country that will help to create jobs for American workers and economic growth for businesses, large and small.” … Read more

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn some or all of the Democrats’ health care law.  The Obama Administration and their allies are already walking away from the arguments they made to the Supreme Court about how the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance, even if they cannot afford it, is “essential” to making ObamaCare… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-LA) requested information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) awarding $123 million in grants.  Recent reports on grant making activities at CMMI reveal that taxpayer dollars may be going to… Read more

Today’s release of a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) detailing national health care expenditures confirms that, despite the Obama Administration’s promises to the contrary, health care costs continue to increase. THEN: “We agree on reforms that will finally reduce the costs of health care.  Families will save on their premiums; businesses that will… Read more

It’s been called the “ticking tax bomb” and even “Taxmageddon” – and it’s a central issue that must be addressed in order to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” when the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2012.  But by whatever name it’s known, one thing is clear: the looming, year-end expiration of the low-tax policies originally enacted in 2001 and 2003 – and extended, at… Read more

The hearing will come to order.  Good morning and thank you for joining us today for another in our series of hearings on tax extenders. During our Member Day hearing in April we had the opportunity to hear from our House colleagues about the merits of extending—or not extending—many of these tax policies.  By all accounts it was a productive exercise.  I commend… Read more