A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. Personal health information, or… Read more

I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on bipartisan proposals, including those in the President’s budget, to reform how Medicare pays for care after patients are hospitalized. This is the fifth hearing for our subcommittee this Congress and the fourth hearing in a series focusing on bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare and Social Security.  I am proud to say that… Read more

A new survey of 900 employers released from Mercer concludes that ObamaCare is increasing costs for both business and employees.  According to Mercer, “The survey found that employers have upped their estimates of the cost impact of the ACA.”  Additionally, the survey reveals the Obama Administration has done such a poor job educating businesses on the impact and requirements of… Read more

As Father’s Day (June 16) and the third anniversary of the Obama Administration declaration of the start of “Recovery Summer” (June 17) approach, it’s worth reviewing how men have been faring in the Obama economy.  As the graphs below indicate, the answer is not well – especially for men in their prime working years who are the most likely to have young families to support this… Read more

On October 26, 2011, as part of its overall approach to comprehensive tax reform that lowers rates and broadens the base, this Committee released a discussion draft aimed at modernizing our outdated international tax rules.  The draft included a structure that would allow the U.S. to move from a worldwide taxation system to a participation exemption system similar to that used by… Read more

I appreciate the opportunity to be here with all of you today.  There are a few events that come up every year that allow us to reflect on the progress that has been made as we continue our work on comprehensive tax reform.   This is one of those events.   Last year, I was ribbed quite a bit for quoting the lyrics of an old Dusty Springfield… Read more

Welcome everyone, to our hearing on the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. The U.S. trade and investment relationship with Brazil deserves to be recognized as one of our most important. Brazil has been our eighth largest trading partner in recent years, accounting for nearly $60 billion in trade and a U.S. surplus of over $5 billion. Since 2000, Brazilian investment in… Read more

  Washington, D.C. - Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today congratulated the State of Michigan on receiving approval for their short-time compensation (STC) program from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).  This approval makes Michigan eligible for federal funds first made available under The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the May jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 175,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for May increased to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April. “The fact that the unemployment rate remains this high is just more… Read more

By Peggy Noonan Quickly: Everyone agrees the Internal Revenue Service is, under current governmental structures, the proper agency to determine the legitimacy of applications for tax-exempt status. Everyone agrees the IRS has the duty to scrutinize each request, making sure that the organization meets relevant criteria. Everyone agrees groups requesting tax-exempt status… Read more