Getting Fooled in Classic Fashion By GINNY BROWN-WAITE One of my favorite songs from the 1970s is from the group The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again." All the aging hippies in Florida ought to dust off their copy and have a listen. In Congress it's the '70s all over again. My favorite lyric is the iconic line, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Meet the new boss, same as the… Read more

(REMARKS AS PREPARED) Mr. Chairman, every Member of this House believes we should and must act to get this economy growing again, to help struggling families and employers through this global economic crisis. Action for the sake of acting will mean little to families if is not accompanied with positive results.  This morning, we awoke to a spate of headlines suggesting what was worked… Read more

  Democrats Quick to Politicize Health Care in Stimulus By: Rep. Charles Boustany As liberal Democrats clamor to achieve the hopes of eight lost years with a new administration, many Americans simply look for jobs, economic security and lower health care costs. Their desire for change falls far short of the current direction charted by House Democratic leadership.… Read more

After this evening’s conference committee meeting on the stimulus bill, at which Chairman Obey indicated the Congressional Budget Office was scoring bill text, yet no bill text was provided to conferees, no amendments were allowed, and only opening statements were made, Ranking Members Camp,  Lewis, and Grassley sent the following letter to Senate Appropriations  and Stimulus Conference… Read more

(REMARKS AS PREPARED) Mr. Chairman, while it is clear we must act, we must ensure the action we take actually stimulates the economy and lays the foundation for real, sustained job creation in the private sector.  Much of the negotiations and deals I have heard and read about, which took place behind closed doors and before this conference even convened, seem to result in this… Read more

Washington D.C. - Ranking Members Camp (R-MI) and Lewis (R-CA) delivered the following letter to Chairmen Rangel and Obey requesting that any and all conference meetings and negotiations include representation from Republican Members.  The Honorable David Obey                                 The Honorable Charlie Rangel… Read more

 WASHINGTON, DC -- Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) stated today that the nation’s miserable job report should serve as an extreme warning to Members of Congress to get the stimulus package refocused on immediate job creation instead of spending billions on pet projects.   “The massive amounts of government and deficit spending in the stimulus package moving through… Read more

The bipartisan, bicameral Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 – reflecting agreement among Senators Baucus and Grassley and Congressmen Rangel and Camp – significantly expands existing TAA programs.  Among other things, it extends TAA to trade-affected services sector workers and workers affected by offshoring or outsourcing to countries like China or India.  It… Read more

The attached table lists the number of jobs that could be created in each state under the House Republican substitute to H.R. 1.  These estimates are derived from the results of applying Dr. Christina Romer’s economic analysis to the House Republican substitute which shows that the substitute could create 6.2 million jobs over the next two years. Unlike the House-passed bill, H.R. 1, the… Read more

Washington, DC - Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement today after passage of children’s healthcare legislation that is woefully flawed.  The legislation is a thinly-veiled attempt to push individuals onto government-run healthcare with a stealth funding mechanism that requires the program to be funded by close to 20 million new… Read more