Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this legislation to ensure that we can continue to fight unfair subsidies from countries like China that violate the WTO, injure our industries and cost U.S. jobs.  This legislation reaffirms that our anti-subsidy or countervailing duty laws apply to subsidies from China and other non-market countries and overturns an erroneous decision by the Federal… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), issued the following statements today upon passage of H.R. 4105, bipartisan, bicameral legislation in the House of Representatives.  This legislation overturns the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in GPX v. United States and preserves the validity of… Read more

According to the Administration’s own budget, the cost of ObamaCare subsidies has jumped by $111 billion from just last year.  When Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) recently asked what the reason was for the massive increase in cost to taxpayers, Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius said, “I really don’t know.”  Although they have yet to officially… Read more

In preparation for tomorrow’s expected vote on H.R. 4105, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) issued the following statement expressing strong support for defending American companies against Chinese subsidized exports.  The legislation, which affects a wide range of industries employing workers in 80 companies spanning 38 states, has the support of job-creating… Read more

Buried in Section 3403 of ObamaCare is a powerful board of unelected bureaucrats, the so-called “Independent Payment Advisory Board” (IPAB), whose sole job will be to save money by restricting access to health care for Medicare beneficiaries.  IPAB is required to achieve specified savings in years where Medicare spending is deemed “too high,” according to the Democrats’ health care… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asking the department to provide a detailed explanation for its projected $111 billion increase in spending for health insurance exchange subsidies (premium tax credits) in the Democrats’ health care law.  The increase, which was included in the FY2013 budget… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Shulman requesting a complete response to a previous request on general information on the tax-exempt sector, IRS audits and compliance activities related to tax-exempt organizations.  The letter also requests additional information following… Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on President Barack Obama’s trade policy agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and with a second panel of witnesses on the future of U.S. trade negotiations.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, in 1100 Longworth House… Read more

Good morning. I want to welcome everyone and extend a special welcome to our guest, the United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Ron Kirk, as well as our second panel of witnesses. I am looking forward to a discussion of the Administration’s trade policy agenda and the future of U.S. trade policy. We are coming off a strong year in which we saw more action on trade than in the… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member McDermott (D-WA) introduced legislation to ensure that the Department of Commerce can continue to apply countervailing duty law to non-market economies (NME), such as China.  This legislation overturns the decision of the Court of… Read more