The U.S. Commerce Department would be allowed to apply duties to offset government subsidies in nations such as China  and Vietnam under bipartisan House legislation to be introduced today, congressional aides said. The measure marks a response to a Dec. 19 decision by a U.S. appeals court in Washington that said existing law doesn’t authorize the agency to set tariffs on goods… 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 Obama’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2013.  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 1:00 P.M. In view of the limited time available to hear witnesses, oral… Read more

Washington, DC – New flexibility for states to run their unemployment programs has been on the books for barely a week and one state is already taking advantage of the reforms. On February 24, 2012, Texas became the first state to seek a federal waiver that would allow state unemployment funds to pay for reemployment programs.  This waiver authority is being made available to states… Read more

Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will testify before the Ways and Means Committee on the President’s FY 2013 budget proposal.  While the Administration’s budget proposal calls for another $1.3 billion in spending just to implement what a majority of Americans have determined is an unconstitutional health care law, the Obama Administration seems content to… Read more

Secretary Sebelius, thank you for joining us today for a discussion of the President’s 2013 Budget.   An Administration’s budget is a reflection of its priorities and vision for the country.  I am disappointed to say that in reviewing the Health and Human Services (HHS) budget for Fiscal Year 2013, I find myself asking, “Where’s the leadership?  Where’s the plan? … Read more

Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius directly contradicted the position of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) case that bears her own name.  Responding to a question from Rep. Tom Reed (NY-29), the Secretary claimed that the individual mandate is "not per se a tax."  That may come as a huge surprise to the U.S. Department of Justice, which will make the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in reaction to the release of the Obama Administration’s corporate tax proposal. “I appreciate that the Administration has finally weighed in with a framework for corporate tax reform.  There is a clear and growing consensus that our outdated tax code is hindering the job creation this… 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

Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today upon the announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the United States and South Korea have taken measures necessary to comply with provisions of the U.S.-South Korea FTA (KORUS) and that the agreement will enter into force on March 15,… Read more

I come to the floor today to speak in strong support of this conference report.  As a result of a lot of long hours, hard work and determination on both sides of the aisle, and both sides of the Capitol, this agreement shows the American people that Congress can govern and Washington can work. First and foremost, this legislation prevents a tax increase on working Americans – a… Read more