Washington, D.C- Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement upon the launch of AmericaSpeakingOut.com, which invites active participation from the American people on issues of job creation, health care, tax reform and fiscal accountability among others. America Speaking Out is an effort of House Republicans to engage the American people in an… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today questioned a new Health and Human Services mailing to Medicare enrollees, noting the document is highly misleading and a potential abuse of taxpayer funds. Camp said, “This goes beyond propaganda and is blatantly political.  If this document is really about… Read more

While the President went to Ohio Monday and repeatedly claimed his trillion-dollar 2009 stimulus plan was “the right thing to do,” it’s hard to tell that from looking at the job situation across the U.S.  According to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor, and the chart below, through April 2010 a total of 48 out of 50 States had seen net job losses since the President signed… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon release of a summary of the Democrats' so-called tax extenders package which has been reported to contain in excess of $150 billion in unpaid for spending and provides zero net tax relief. “The massive and unprecedented deficit spending in the stimulus bill didn’t create jobs and neither… Read more

Click Here to See How to Navigate Through the Small Business Tax Credit Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Republican Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today released a new flow chart that shows America’s small businesses and their employees how to calculate the so-called small business health care tax credit the Democrats included in their… Read more

Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this important hearing, and thank you and your trade staff for collaborating so closely with our side of the aisle on this hearing and customs reauthorization legislation.  I hope that we will move together to pass legislation this year.  Customs issues can be technical and difficult to understand, but they are the “nuts and bolts” of trade and are… Read more

Washington, DC –Ways and Means Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) requesting a hearing on the recently released non-partisan Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Democrats’ new health care law. The analysis predicted that federal health spending could increase by $115 billion or more over 10 years as a result of the Democrats’… Read more

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Due to other obligations, including work on the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, Ranking Member Camp is, unfortunately, unable to attend the hearing this morning.  I know there were many scheduling issues, and he appreciates the Chairman’s attempts to accommodate him, other members of the Committee and the witnesses. Mr. Chairman, given… Read more

A new survey released today by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) shows that, in 2009, 2 million more Americans enrolled in High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) with accompanying Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).  As a result, total enrollment in these plans has increased from the previously reported 8 million Americans to 10 million Americans.  Unfortunately, these 10 million… Read more

THESE ARE tense times on the Korean Peninsula. A South Korean patrol boat has been sunk, probably by a North Korean torpedo, with the loss of 46 lives. Seoul is groping for a response that is both appropriately tough and appropriately restrained -- at a time when North Korea seems more politically unsettled and, hence, dangerous, than it has been in recent memory. Prosperous, democratic… Read more