1. "Jump-Start" Job Creation 2. When "Jump-Starting" Doesn't Work,Try "Accelerating" Job Creation 3. When "Accelerating" Doesn't Work, Try "Jump-Starting" Again   Nearly 10 months after signing his $787 billion stimulus bill into law, President Obama will host a Stimulus II Jobs Summit tomorrow.  According to the Chair of his Council of Economic Advisors, the purpose is to “jump-start… Read more

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the impact the Senate Democrats’ health care bill would have on health insurance premiums.  For those who do not have employer-provided insurance, millions of Americans would face up to 13 percent higher premiums.  To mask the true impact and cost of the proposals, Democrats give away subsidies… Read more

Washington, DC – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released an analysis of the impact the Senate Democrats’ $848 billion health care bill would have on Americans’ health insurance premiums.  According to the non-partisan experts at CBO, premiums would increase significantly – up to 13 percent – for millions of Americans under the Reid bill.  In contrast, earlier estimates from… Read more

Washington, DC - Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement on the upcoming third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement this Sunday, November 22: Congressman Dave Camp said, “The President rightly said recently that increasing exports creates well-paying jobs without… Read more

Washington, DC – In reaction to the unemployment claims data released today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) noted that these statistics are “a painful reminder that the Democrats’ stimulus bill has failed to create jobs.” “Unemployment rates and claims are not just statistics; they represent real Americans who are no longer receiving a paycheck to provide for themselves… Read more

A government panel's decision to toss out long-time guidelines for breast cancer screening is causing an uproar, and well it should. This episode is an all-too-instructive preview of the coming political decisions about cost-control and medical treatment that are at the heart of ObamaCare. As recently as 2002, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force affirmed its recommendation that… Read more

Chairman Lewis, thank you for yielding time.  I want to join with my colleagues in saying that as we approach the holiday season, we have grave concerns about how these difficult times are generating unprecedented need for life’s basic necessities: food, clothing, and shelter.  I also want to commend the work that the organizations testifying today – as well as countless others – do… Read more

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. Republicans are all for promoting charitable giving to help those in need.  Private charity is the most effective and compassionate form of aid.  We all welcome the chance to promote more people helping one another, and look forward to hearing proposals to that effect.  As this hearing will review, this system of private charity is… Read more

Washington, DC – In a letter authored by Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) to the President of the American Medical Association (AMA), Ways and Means Republicans expressed support for dealing with looming cuts to physician payments in Medicare but voiced their concerns over the Democrats' plan to address this by… Read more

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill, said “If you look at any measure of the strength and stability and health of the American economy…it is substantially stronger today than when the President of the United States took office.”  That will come as a surprise to the 4.1 million Americans who have been added to the unemployment rolls since the… Read more