Today, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to favorably report the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services (JOBS) Act of 2011 by a vote of 20 to 14.  The JOBS Act (H.R. 1745) has three main components: 1) provides States new flexibility in spending the remaining $31 billion in Federal unemployment funds that are available to States through the end of 2011, 2) prevents future… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released the April jobs report: “While today's jobs numbers are a recognition that we are moving in the right direction, further progress requires us to focus on three specific goals — getting spending under control, eliminating the burdens the tax code imposes on… Read more

Washington, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), GOP Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following joint statement today regarding… Read more

Good morning, and welcome to this morning’s Oversight Subcommittee hearing on the transparency and funding levels of state and local pension plans. Across the federal, state, and local levels of government, our country faces a growing burden of public debt.  Too often, governments have deferred difficult choices by pushing obligations off into the future without responsibly saving… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), along with Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Human Resources Subcommittee member Rick Berg (R-ND), introduced the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services (JOBS) Act of 2011 (HR 1745) in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Identical legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by… Read more

Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the burdens that the tax code imposes on American companies and how such burdens place them at a competitive disadvantage as they try to sell goods and services around the world.  The hearing will explore the potential economic and job creation benefits… 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 after the Administration agreed to move forward with technical discussions with Congress on all three pending trade agreements: Chairman Camp stated:  “Today is a good day for U.S. workers and the economy because we are now able to take… Read more

Washington, DC - Upon passage of H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement: "Today, Congress took bipartisan action to prevent taxpayers’ funds from being used for abortion.  The tax provisions in the legislation ensure that the long standing Hyde amendment is applied consistently, including in… Read more

As President Barack Obama pushes to raise income taxes on high earners, opponents are seizing on data that indicates these U.S. households already pay a large and growing share of taxes, even compared with high-tax European countries. And a new congressional study concludes that the percentage of U.S. households owing no federal income tax climbed to 51% for 2009. Republicans are… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman today seeking information about how the IRS is spending monies its received from the $1 billion Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund (“HIRIF”) - a fund established by the… Read more