Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today highlighted data from a 2008 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) report showing more than 90 percent of seniors enrolled in the government-run Medicare program are enrolled in additional health care coverage. “Supporters of government-run health insurance think federal bureaucrats can do a good job designing and operating a… Read more

WASHINGTON, DC – Following the jobs report this morning, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement: “Jobs have not been saved—they have been lost.  And, thousands more will be out of work this summer as GM and Chrysler lay off workers, shutter plants and eliminate dealerships – the ripple effect of which will be felt throughout U.S. manufacturing… Read more

(Remarks as Prepared)Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time.  I want to thank you for holding this hearing and for your leadership on a number of legislative initiatives on which we are cooperating, including our offers-in-compromise legislation as well as other projects.  As the new Ranking Member for this Subcommittee, I look forward to continuing to work with you to improve IRS tax… Read more

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, every Republican Member of the Ways and Means Committee signed a letter led by Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) requesting Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) schedule a committee mark-up of H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey "cap and trade" bill.In requesting the mark-up, Ways and Means Republicans cited clause 2(c)(2) of Rule XI of the House.  The rule provides that three… Read more

American families are struggling with skyrocketing health care costs as our national economy emerges from a recession.As a doctor and member of the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group, I have seen first hand American families and small businesses worried about rising costs and losing their coverage. The Urban Institute reported that President Obama’s health care plan would cost… Read more

Statement by U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee, on the White House decision to delay action on the Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: “It’s disappointing for both the Panama agreement and the larger economic implications. The sales of  American-made products abroad account for a whopping 13 percent of America’s economy and… Read more

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said the world’s largest software company would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts President Barack Obama’s plans to impose higher taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign profits. “It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,” Ballmer said in an interview. “We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as… Read more

“The latest evidence that government can't run a health care system can be found in our Northwest corner. There, the administrator of the Washington State Health Care Authority will decide this week how to throw 36,000 Washingtonians out of the government's health insurance program…Anyone who believes a government-run system open to all won't have rationing is naive, ignorant or… Read more

“The proposed legislation would have a trivially small effect on global warming while imposing substantial costs on all American households.” The Obama administration and congressional Democrats have proposed a major cap-and-trade system aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Scientists agree that CO2 emissions around the world could lead to rising temperatures with serious… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement after requesting the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review the initiatives of five major health care trade associations and one labor union to determine the level of savings each of these proposals would yield to the federal government:“Perhaps the most difficult issue in the health… Read more