Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statements in response the announcement of an agreement for the US- South Korea trade pact. Rep. Camp:  “This is a big win for American employers and workers.  I want to thank the President and his negotiating team for working closely with me to… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today regarding the Mexican trucking dispute as the NAFTA Commission meetings commence in Mexico: Congressman Camp: “Mexico is the second largest market for U.S. exports and provides U.S. employers with an opportunity to create badly… Read more

The unemployment rate in October, the latest data available, was 9.6 percent. That marked 15 consecutive months we were at or above 9.5 percent unemployment in this country – the longest period since the Great Depression.  All told, 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs since the so-called $1 trillion stimulus bill and nearly 15 million Americans remain unemployed. What is the… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement with regard to the final proposal put forth by the Fiscal Commission co-chairs, Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson. “Chairmen Bowles and Simpson deserve a great deal of credit for undertaking this monumental task and providing the… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) gave the following statements in reaction to the signing of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement between the U.S. and Panama. Camp: “Action on the job-creating U.S.-Panama trade agreement has been delayed for far too long.  The fact that we have now signed a Tax… Read more

MEMORANDUM   To:     Reporters and Editors From: Scott Mulhauser for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus, Matthew Beck for House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Levin and Sage Eastman for House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Camp Re:     Baucus, Levin, Camp statement on Korea FTA negotiations   Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), House Ways and… Read more

A New York Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-affiliate recently announced they are dropping health care coverage for the children of more than 30,000 home health care workers, in part because of the new mandates contained in the Democrats’ health care overhaul.  Mitra Behroozi, Executive Director of benefit and pension funds for the plan, 1199SEIU, stated that, “[N]ew federal… Read more

While Democrats promised stimulus would create 3.7 million jobs, the reality is far different. To date, 48 out of 50 states have lost jobs, while the unemployment rate has remained at or above 9.5% for 15 consecutive months. As the nation nears the end of 2010 -- when final statistics will be available to compare actual outcomes with the Administration's pre-stimulus projections --… Read more

MYTH: "No one is going to lose their coverage." - Jay Angoff, Director of the Obama Administration’s HHS Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight FACT:  The Obama Administration has already predicted that as many as 7 out of 10 Americans with employer-provided health coverage could lose their current health plan because of ObamaCare.  FACT:  9 in 10 seniors with retiree… Read more

Yesterday the White House Council of Economic Advisors issued a report saying Democrats’ 2009 stimulus law “by some measures has exceeded the original goal of creating or saving 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010."  Those “measures” must not include what experts call “data,” and most people call “facts.” Consider the comparisons below between what the White House said would happen if… Read more