Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement: “Today, I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives.  This decision was reached after much consideration and discussion with my family. “Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life.  I am deeply grateful to the… Read more

The Federal Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program expired in December, after providing record amounts of financial assistance to over 24 million long-term unemployed individuals.  History shows the EUC program provided for record weeks of unemployment benefits per person (a total of up to 99 weeks of all UI benefits in many states, far eclipsing the norm of up to 52… Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today announced that the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on President Obama’s trade policy agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2014, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30 A.M. In view of the limited time available to… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling into question the Administration’s claims that they do not know how many individuals have paid their first month’s premium in the new health care Exchanges. New evidence obtained by the Committee… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in advance of the fourth anniversary of President Obama signing ObamaCare into law on March 23, 2010.  “This law has failed the American people.  Instead of lower costs and greater options, Americans are left with broken promises and unanswered questions.  Today,… Read more

Myth: Minority Leader Pelosi: “Pelosi also emphasized that health law’s name, the Affordable Care Act, is important because it describes what the law will do: lower costs” – Press Conference, March 20, 2014   Reality: Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius: “I think premiums are likely to go up” – Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the FY2015 Budget, March 12,… Read more

Rhetoric "[Sen. Jack] Reed said he had consulted with state officials to vet potential problems. ‘We have been talking to the state administrators, and they have not raised any significant issues,’ he said.”   -CQ, March 19, 2014   Reality   “The requirements in S. 2148 would cause considerable delays in the implementation of the program and increased… Read more

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., has unveiled his Tax Reform Act of 2014, the most comprehensive tax reform proposal in nearly… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released a discussion draft titled, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act of 2014).  The IMPACT Act of 2014 takes a crucial step toward… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to reports that an IRS employee took personal data out of the agency. "In the past, the IRS has released personal taxpayer information to the public, and has not been able to effectively prevent and detect identity theft.  This latest report is concerning.  The… Read more