MYTH: “There is absolutely no evidence, and every economist will tell you this, that there is any job-loss related to the Affordable Care Act.” – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius   FACT: The Obama Administration nominees to the Federal Reserve highlighted the damaging effects of ObamaCare in its February Beige Book: “Employers continued to express… Read more

 Today, Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and a bipartisan group of 15 additional Members of Congress introduced a bill to prevent child sex trafficking and keep youth in foster care from becoming victims of this crime. H.R. 4058, the "Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s release of Exchange enrollments for the month of January. "Today’s report confirms that ObamaCare continues to miss the mark.  The Administration is a million short of its own goal for this month, and the young continue to reject… Read more

Over the past six months, this Committee has investigated the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups.  Though our investigation is not complete, and the IRS still has many more documents to provide to the Committee, we have discovered a concerted effort by the IRS to limit the ability of those targeted conservative groups to operate and engage in constitutionally… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014. “These rules are a blatant attempt to legalize and institutionalize targeting by the IRS, and are designed to put conservative groups out of business.  It is no… Read more

The last time I stood on the floor to talk about a “clean” debt limit increase, I did so to prove that we could do better.  It was an effort to implore my Democrat colleagues in the House and Senate to heed the warnings of the President’s own Fiscal Commission, which clearly noted how our economy and hardworking taxpayers would suffer under the mountain of debt Washington was racking… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration's latest employer mandate delay.  "It is clear Democrats don't think they can survive politically if ObamaCare is allowed to fully go into effect.  This is just one more admission that the law is bad for hardworking taxpayers… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released its unemployment report for January 2014. “The fact that there were fewer jobs created than expected is another reminder that Washington must focus on real solutions that can strengthen the economy, get people back to work, and, most… Read more

By The Washington Times Editorial Board Since we’re stuck with Obamacare for the foreseeable future, Congress ought to pay attention… Read more

By The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board House committees are still digging into the IRS political targeting scandal, and… Read more