In one of the clearest signals yet that small business has yet to warm to the president’s latest jobs proposal, a new survey reveals that more than two-thirds of small business owners do not believe that passage of the president’s plan would change their plans to hire.  In a recent MSNBC interview National Small Business Association president Todd McCracken emphasized that hiring is… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) released the following statements on the 18 month anniversary of the health care law to highlight the reform's negative impact on job creators: Rep. Herger: “Employers have said time and time again that they need help with… Read more

Our nation’s most vulnerable citizens are at the center of a perfect storm.  Record deficits, a still struggling economy, and an unsustainable future spending path driven by the aging of Americans all threaten the essential programs those with disabilities count on.  We have been warned by the Social Security Trustees that the Disability Insurance program will soon be unable to… Read more

As my colleagues have discussed, today’s hearing examines the effectiveness of work incentives administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) designed to help people with disabilities go to work.    Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Becerra focused on the effects especially on individuals who receive disability checks from the Social Security Disability Insurance… Read more

Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, and Congressman Charles Boustany (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, both of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the two Subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on the intersection of energy policy and tax policy, with a focus on the dual priorities of comprehensive tax… Read more

Good morning and thank you for joining us for another in the series of hearings on comprehensive tax reform.  Today we will begin an examination of energy tax policy and tax reform. I’m glad this hearing will be a joint effort between the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee and the Oversight Subcommittee.  Both subcommittees play an important role in reviewing energy tax… Read more

Thank you, Chairman Tiberi. I'd also like to welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on energy tax policy and administration. There is no doubt our country lacks a comprehensive energy strategy to achieve energy security and create good-paying American jobs. Louisianans know natural gas will be an important part of our transition to new fuel sources for the 21st century. In addition… Read more

Today, the New York Times editorial page repeated the President’s bogus claim that the current U.S. tax system has “millionaires and billionaires pay[ing] lower tax rates than middle-class families.”  This blatant falsehood is behind the President’s newly proposed “Buffett Rule.”  However, as the table below shows, every bit of tax data proves the New York Times and President… Read more

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady issued the following statements on Wednesday in response to passage of H.R. 2832, the Generalized System of Preferences, which includes  the Trade Adjustment Assistance bipartisan agreement: Chairman Camp stated:  “Today’s long-awaited Senate action should clear the path for… Read more

Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing to review and examine the variety of economic models used by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to analyze and score tax reform legislation.  In particular, the Committee will review the tools available to the JCT that would enable it to measure the… Read more