Just a few months ago, in testimony before this Committee, Secretary Sebelius repeatedly told Congress and the American people that the Obama Administration “was on track to meet the October 1 deadline” for the new healthcare law.  However, over the past two months, the evidence shows just the opposite is true: 1. In June, the Government Accountability Office released two… Read more

During a speech this week in Chattanooga, TN, President Obama unveiled a series of tax reform initiatives designed to spark jobs.  Just one problem: his proposal to lower the corporate rate to 28 percent won't actually ease the burden of high tax rates for the vast majority of the nation's job creators – small businesses.  Given that inequality, it is not surprising that… Read more

Today, during testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, a key official from Health and Human Services leading implementation of the President’s health care law, would not confirm that Americans will see their health insurance premiums lowered by $2,500 – despite that is exactly what President Obama promised when selling the law to the American people.  With just 60 days… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon President Obama’s announcement to nominate John Koskinen as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service: "The IRS is a deeply troubled agency.  While I have not met Mr. Koskinen, I certainly hope he is ready and able to shake-up the agency and hold people accountable… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel seeking the agency’s immediate attention and assistance in uncovering the details behind e-mail exchanges between IRS employee Lois Lerner and an attorney… Read more

Embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner and an attorney in the Federal Election Commission’s general counsel’s office appear to have twice colluded to influence the record before the FEC’s vote in the case of a conservative non-profit organization, according to e-mails unearthed by the House Ways and Means Committee and obtained exclusively… Read more

Today’s hearing is the third in a series this summer, set around the theme of reforming programs designed to assist low-income Americans in going to work and climbing the economic ladder. Our first hearing highlighted how not working or working less than full time is the number one cause of poverty.  Despite this obvious fact, the complex interaction between welfare programs… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take swift action to address potential risks to taxpayers’ religious liberties.    The threats to religious freedom have been raised several times over the course of the Committee’s… Read more

  Washington, DC - A review of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents by the Ways and Means Committee reveals that conservative groups (groups whose name includes the phrases “conservative,” “Tea Party,“ “Patriot,” or “9/12”) received much higher scrutiny than groups containing the phrase “progressive.”  Utilizing its section 6103 authority, which allows the… Read more

Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement in reaction to President Obama's comments on tax reform during a speech in Chattanooga, TN. "We welcome the President’s recognition that our broken, outdated tax code is making it harder for U.S.… Read more