Welcome to the first hearing of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security in the 112th Congress.  I especially want to welcome the new Members of the Subcommittee and our colleagues from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, especially their new Chairman Jeff Denham.    I also want… Read more

Multiple media outlets this week reported on the call by Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) to move the three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea by July 1, 2011.  For example, the Washington Post reported on Camp’s call for action by the Administration, noting he commented that delayed action “severely disadvantages U.S. businesses who sell their… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered opening remarks at the Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on the Health Care Law’s Impact on the Medicare Program and its Beneficiaries.  Below are excerpts, followed by the full remarks. More Than One-Half Trillion in Cuts to Medicare “…there are more than one half-trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that have… Read more

On the heels of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued yesterday, the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee will begin a review today of the nation's unemployment insurance program.  GAO's report reviewed the 47 different education and job training programs currently run by nine different government agencies. The programs under review are designed to help unemployed… Read more

Washington, DC – Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today convened the Committee on Ways and Means for a hearing to examine the impact of the Democrats’ health care law on Medicare and its beneficiaries.  The hearing included testimony from two officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick and Chief Actuary, Richard Foster.  In response to the… Read more

    HEARING ON THE HEALTH CARE LAW’S IMPACT ON MEDICARE AND ITS BENEFICIARIES   HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF… Read more

HEARING ON IMPROVING EFFORTS TO HELP UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS FIND JOBS _________________ HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH … Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on President Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2012.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 2:00 P.M. In view of the limited time available to hear the witness, oral… Read more

(Remarks as Prepard) Almost five months ago, just before the elections, I was asked to give a speech on taxes and trade.  I started off discussing how it wasn’t always easy being an advocate for a free trade agenda and a tax code that promotes international expansion rather than isolationism. I said, at the time, that:  "Not since the 1930s has so much uncertainty gripped… Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on President Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2012.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. In view of the limited time available to hear the witness, oral… Read more