After spending more than $2 trillion and raising more than $1 trillion in new taxes, the President and Congressional Democrats have been unable to deliver on the promises they made while promoting their health care law.  Three years later, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare’s "greatest hits," a record that includes tunes like… Read more

While the White House is celebrating the third anniversary of their health care law, the jobs of millions of American workers across the country are at risk because of ObamaCare.  According to a state-by-state breakdown of data from a Hudson Institute study, ObamaCare’s employer mandate jeopardizes the jobs of up to 3.2 million full-time employees in the franchise industry. … Read more

Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started searching for a second location. Whether he moves forward with expansion depends on the price tag of the requirements mandated by the Affordable Care Act,… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner  Steven Miller to find out how much taxpayer money will be used to implement the Democrats' health care law and how many IRS employees have been pulled away from the agency's core mission to work on it.  The IRS… Read more

Last week, in a meeting with House Republicans, President Obama again called for revenue neutral corporate tax reform. But that same day, the White House announced its support for the Senate Democrats’ budget proposal, which includes a $1 trillion tax hike.  House Democrats, meanwhile, have called for a $1.2 trillion tax increase.  If the President stands by both statements,… Read more

Good morning.  Fairness and consistency are essential to ensuring Americans’ confidence in Social Security’s disability insurance program.  Their importance has been consistently recognized since the disability program was created in 1956.   As we know, Social Security’s definition of who is disabled is a strict one.  Whether someone is disabled depends on medical… Read more

Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the subcommittee’s first hearing of the 113th Congress.  I commend Chairman Camp for his continued efforts to overhaul the tax code and I look forward to working with him to enact comprehensive tax reform. Today we examine the financial products discussion draft released by Chairman Camp and the Ways & Means Committee in… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) issued the following statements after the President sent the formal notification letter to Congress of his intent to launch negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union. Chairman Camp:  “A robust trade agenda means better… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr. M.D. (R-LA) called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to release a copy of a video parody produced in the IRS’s television studio in New Carrollton, MD – a studio that may have cost taxpayers more than $4 million last year according to a review of contracts.  … Read more

Good morning and thank you for joining us today. As part of the Committee’s effort to strengthen the economy, create more jobs and increase wages for American families by making the tax code simpler and fairer, today’s hearing allows stakeholders and members of the public the opportunity to share their perspectives on tax reform and tax provisions affecting State and local… Read more