Good morning and welcome to our second hearing in our hearing series on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.  Today our focus is on combating waste, fraud and abuse. In our first hearing we talked about the important milestone set in 1956 by the creation of this cash benefit program for those who could no longer work due to a disability. … Read more

As President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union this evening, many are expecting that yet again the President will point to his health care overhaul as one of his top accomplishments.  Not so fast.  As a compilation of Gallup surveys from 2011 released today reveals, "more American adults lacked health insurance coverage last year than in any year since Gallup and… Read more

When President Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight, Americans will likely be asking themselves two questions:  "Where are the jobs?" and “Haven’t I heard this before?”  Instead of working with Republicans in the House and Senate to get Washington’s runaway spending under control and the more than 13 million unemployed Americans back to work, the President is… Read more

This may be our first public meeting, but the work of this conference committee has been ongoing since the end of last year.  I know members have spoken often and studied the issues.   I would also note and thank the staff for their due diligence leading up to this public meeting.  As a result of their efforts, every member has before them a side-by-side comparison of… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement on Tuesday evening in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address:   “Instead of focusing on tax reform that can create jobs, the President spent his time talking about how he intends to take more money away from employers, investors and savers in order to create new… Read more

On Wednesday, 19 state hospital associations voiced their opposition to a hidden provision in ObamaCare:  a sweetheart deal that benefits only hospitals in Massachusetts at the expense of hospitals in the 49 other states.  The "Bay State Boondoggle" joins the list of infamous ObamaCare special deals that were used to "persuade" Democrat Members into voting for the massive health… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced senior staff changes and a restructuring of the Ways and Means Committee.  The moves follow current Ways and Means Staff Director Jon Traub’s decision to depart the Hill at the end of January to seek new, yet to be determined opportunities in the private sector.   In order to provide continuity for… Read more

Today marks one year since a bipartisan majority in the House passed H.R. 2, “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.”  Since then, Ways and Means Republicans have worked to take the law apart branch-by-branch or at the roots.  And, as noted in a recent piece appearing in a Politico publication, all of the repeals enacted into law are a result of efforts at the House Ways… Read more

Good morning.  We are here today to consider H.R. 1173, “The Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011.”  The bill, authored by our colleague Charles Boustany, repeals the CLASS Act, ending this program that even the Administration has admitted is flawed beyond repair. The CLASS program has long been a subject of concern.  Simply put, the program is… Read more

I’m pleased the Ways and Means Committee is considering H.R. 1173, bipartisan legislation to repeal the unsustainable CLASS Act. I introduced this bill in March, 2011 with Congressmen Phil Gingrey and Bill Lipinski and we have gained more than 100 cosponsors. The bill is simple – it repeals the CLASS Act as the program is fatally flawed, fiscally irresponsible and irreparable. Last… Read more