Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements upon the announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement has entered into force. Chairman Camp stated:  “Today's announcement is welcome news for U.S. workers, farmers, ranchers and… Read more

Washington, DC - A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his Administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, "I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."  Sadly, the Obama Administration has failed to live up to the President’s… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) demanded that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide information by October 31, 2012, on the use of taxpayer dollars on contracts promoting the Democrats’ health care law through public relations campaigns, advertisements, polling,… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the White House Counsel signaling a willingness to subpoena all records associated with the termination of Delphi pensions if they decline to fully comply with a congressional request for documents.   “Despite repeated assertions… Read more

Washington, DC - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a new report detailing repeated occasions when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) failed to protect beneficiaries who had their Social Security Number (SSN) compromised.  The findings also indicate that CMS has not taken adequate steps to… Read more

Temps are telling us something, and it isn’t good. Temporary employment is one of the better predictors of what the job market will do in the months ahead. And recent trends point toward even slower job creation in the final months of the year than the sluggish hiring that has been evident throughout 2012. Temp… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements upon the announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the United States and Panama have taken measures necessary to comply with provisions of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement and that the agreement will… Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent a letter to members of the Obama administration… Read more

There has long been bipartisan support for comprehensive tax reform that lowers rates and broadens the base.  A new self-described “experiment” released by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) reinforces the merits of this approach.   Unfortunately, some partisans are twisting JCT’s findings and conclude that meaningful tax reform is simply not… Read more

Recently, the Congressional Budget Office reported that the country posted a deficit of $1.1 trillion in fiscal year 2012.  Despite his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, this is the fourth consecutive trillion-dollar deficit under President Obama.  As the table below shows, these massive deficits are simply one of the ways the policies of the Obama… Read more