Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on government policies and actions that are impediments to job creation.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. In view of the limited time available to hear… Read more

Today, March 23, 2011, marks the one-year anniversary of the American people living under the Democrats’ health care law.  A look back at the calendar reveals everything we need to know about the law on its first anniversary – higher premiums, fewer jobs, more regulations, and more federal spending – and despite promises to the contrary, most in America will not get to keep the plan they… Read more

Good morning.  I would like to welcome all of you, especially Colombian Ambassador Silva, to our first Trade Subcommittee hearing of the 112th Congress.  Today’s hearing is the first in a series of three hearings we will hold on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.  This continues the examination the full Committee began in its hearings on January 25 and… Read more

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee wants to cut the top U.S. tax rate to 25% for individuals and corporations, and cut or eliminate many popular deductions. The odds of quick action appear slender. But the move, from Rep. Dave Camp (R., Mich.), is significant as a marker in what will likely be a multiyear debate over revamping the tax code. The plan also provides… Read more

Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Member and past Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA) and current Chairman Geoff Davis (R-KY) introduced bipartisan legislation today to allow states to test alternative ways for achieving child welfare policy goals.   In the past States have used this waiver authority to test improved policies involving subsidized guardianship, flexible funding,… Read more

 “As your national security advisor in that region, I will tell you that it is very important that the free trade agreement be passed from a national security perspective.  And, I hear that not just from senior people in Colombia, but from my interlocutors in the region.  They’re watching very closely to see what happens to a nation that… Read more

The Committee will now consider H.R. 1034, the “Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011.”  This bill provides a clean extension of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund authority and of the associated excise taxes at their current rates, through September 30, 2014. We all can agree that funding operations and improvements to the nation’s airports and air… Read more

The Ways & Means Committee derives its jurisdiction from Article One, Section Seven of the United States Constitution, which provides that, “All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.”  Furthermore, Rule 21, clause 5(a) of the Rules of the House allows a point of order to be raised against any bill containing a tax or tariff measure that is reported… Read more

I want to welcome everyone to the first hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 112th Congress.  Today, we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2011 report on Medicare payment policies. During this Congress, we must come together to address a fiscal crisis of monumental proportions.  Every program, no matter… Read more

Washington, DC – In a bipartisan and bicameral effort to bring job creation to the forefront of the tax reform debate for American businesses and families, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued statements today following the organizational meeting of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).  During the meeting the… Read more