Washington, DC – After attending the address delivered by President Obama today at George Washington University, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement.   “While I’m pleased the President has answered our call for individual tax reform, I’m disappointed the speech was so partisan.  That said, the President deserves credit for… Read more

  Camp Announces Hearing on How the Tax Code’s Burdens on Individuals and Families Demonstrate the Need for Comprehensive Tax Reform ________ … Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) issued the following statements today in response to the release of a report titled “The Flow-Through Business Sector and Tax Reform: The economic footprint of the flow-through sector and the potential impact of tax reform” examining the role of S Corporations in… Read more

This past Sunday, on NBC’s Meet the Press, White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe stated, “the president's goal, and he's been clear about this, is to protect the middle class as we move forward here…in his term in office, he's cut taxes for the middle class over and over again…" It’s a familiar refrain, but unfortunately, the rhetoric doesn’t match the facts.  President… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, requesting IRS to review and examine whether AARP, Inc. should continue to be exempt from federal taxation.  Specifically, the… Read more

President Obama will welcome a bruised American ally to the White House on Thursday and take a step toward mending relations. For the past decade, Colombia has been a strong and steady U.S. friend at a time when leftist demagogues — including the presidents of two of its neighbors — have dedicated themselves to turning Latin America against the United States. Colombia’s reward was to be… Read more

Good morning.  I would like to welcome all of you, especially South Korean Ambassador Han, to today’s Trade Subcommittee hearing on the U.S.-South Korea trade agreement.  Today’s hearing is the third in our series of hearings on each of the pending trade agreements: Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  As I have said at each of the previous hearings, I firmly believe that… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the U.S. International Trade Commission’s study: “U.S.- Korea Free Trade Agreement: Passenger Vehicle Sector Update.”  Chairman Camp requested the study on January 27, 2011. The report, for the first time, quantifies the value to U.S. auto producers from the removal of non-tariff barriers as a result… Read more

Source: Office of Management and Budget and the House Budget Committee DEMOCRATS CALL FOR MASSIVE JOB-KILLING TAX INCREASE FACT: The President’s budget calls for a massive and permanent increase in spending. FACT: The $1.5 trillion increase in federal taxes in the President’s budget DOES NOT even pay for all that new spending – his budget NEVER balances and his deficits are GETTING… Read more

I’d like to begin today by first thanking our special guests for being with us today.  It is an honor to be joined by James Baker – who served as Chief of Staff during President Reagan’s first term and went on to shepherd the 1986 tax reforms through the Administration as Treasury Secretary – and by former Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt – who, along with Sen. Bill Bradley, helped… Read more