Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered a statement on the House floor in support of repealing the job-destroying health care bill. Below are excerpts, followed by the full statement. The Fundamental Flaw With The Healthcare Bill “The problem with this law – among its many faults – is it puts government at the center of health care decisions; not… Read more

Democrats argue that despite cutting more than one-half trillion dollars from Medicare in order to fund a new entitlement that they’re actually “protecting/improving” Medicare for seniors.  They like to point to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) actuaries’ analysis that predicts that because of the cuts, the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance (Part A) Trust… 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 the impact the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” and “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010” will have on the U.S. economy and employers’ ability to hire new workers and retain existing employees.  The hearing will take place on… Read more

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) A builder in New Jersey won't be hiring any extra help, saying “It’s too risky to add bodies, will add machinery instead to be more efficient.” An insurance agent in Delaware said he will “Cut back on benefits, not hire an additional worker or discontinue paying health insurance for employee’s altogether.” A third-party… Read more

The Obama Administration today released a “report” claiming that anywhere from 50 million to 129 million non-elderly Americans “could be denied affordable coverage” if the Democrats’ health care law is repealed.  With 17 million non-elderly individuals uninsured, the “report” attempts to mislead the public that up to 129 million Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance,… 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 the pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea and the creation of U.S. jobs.  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 A.M. In view of the limited time… Read more

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED MEETING COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011 Chairman Camp has rescheduled the Organizational Meeting of the Committee on Ways and Means.  It will now be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at 6 p.m. in the main hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building.   ### Read more

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING POSTPONED Washington, DC- The Ways and Means Organizational meeting scheduled for January 12, 2011 has been postponed. Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement:   "All business activity of the House Ways and Means Committee for January 12, 2011 has been postponed.  This will allow Congress to conduct the necessary work with respect to the tragic… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Labor announced the unemployment rate for December was 9.4 percent.  As the chart below shows, Democrats promised in their January 2009 “Romer-Bernstein Report” that the unemployment rate would be 7 percent at the end of 2010 if their stimulus passed.  Instead, the actual unemployment rate after the Democrats’ failed $1 trillion stimulus law is… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following statement in response to the release of the Report on the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act : “Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor’s release of this report echoes what the American people have been telling us since the law went into effect:  this is a… Read more