Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following statement on the announcement that the nation’s leading small business organization, NFIB, is joining 20 state attorneys general in seeking to invalidate the recently enacted health care law. “This is confirmation for every person worried about their job or looking for work, that the health… Read more

The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call noted on May 10, 2010 that even Democrats say the Obama Administration “hasn’t done enough” to prioritize job creation.  “We were told we would focus like a laser after December.  Well, we haven’t exactly been focused like a laser on jobs,” said Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).  DeFazio went on to describe Administration stimulus spending priorities as… Read more

Washington, DC – Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following remarks at a press conference with United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In the past decade, AGOA has helped countries develop and diversify their exports, and most importantly, it supports jobs in the United States and Africa.… Read more

Today, the American Osteopathic Association released survey results that found Medicare physician payment rate cuts will likely threaten seniors’ ability to find a doctor, corroborating the Medicare Actuaries report that drew the same conclusions. The cuts, scheduled to go into effect June 1, 2010, would reduce physician Medicare payment rates by 21 percent.  The survey found that 37… Read more

Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest analysis of the Democrats’ health overhaul, focusing on spending they had not previously quantified.  The higher spending reflects increased administrative costs to the federal government for implementing and monitoring the new health law as well as a variety of new government grant programs.  All told, CBO… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Agriculture Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statements on the third anniversary of the bipartisan May 10 agreement as well as a report showing the harm suffered by American agriculture due to a failure to move forward on… Read more

Americans are fast realizing that the Democrats’ rhetoric isn’t matching what the new law is delivering.  Below are just three examples of how the law is coming up short for American families: Kids With Pre-Existing Conditions May Not Get Coverage:  Speaking before House Democrats, President Obama said, "This year ... parents who are worried about getting coverage for their… Read more

The American Medical Association (AMA) is putting the doctors of America on notice. A major cheerleader for ObamaCare, the organization is now trying to silence doctors who oppose it. It is time the American people understood what the AMA is really all about. Last month, not long after a Florida urologist placed a sign in his door making it clear that patients who voted for President… Read more

The latest monthly jobs report shows the unemployment rate still hovering around 10 percent, at 9.9 percent in April. This is 2.5 percentage points (34 percent) higher than the unemployment rate the President promised once his stimulus bill was enacted. Source: “The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” (i.e. the Administration’s January 2009 Romer/Bernstein… Read more

Today’s hearing reviews State unemployment solvency.  States are spending and borrowing record amounts to pay promised benefits to a record number of unemployed workers.  Why record unemployment?  Because of the failure of Democrats’ trillion-dollar stimulus bill to create millions of jobs as promised.  Instead of keeping unemployment under 8%, as the Administration projected, it soared… Read more