Despite warning after warning about the consequences of doing so, President Obama and Congressional Democrats continue to call for raising taxes on America’s families, small businesses and job creators.  To make matters worse, they seem more than willing to hold low- and middle-income households hostage in exchange for tax hikes on the “wealthy,” while threatening… Read more

Washington, DC - On this date in 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Social Security Amendments Act establishing monthly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits.  Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement recognizing SSDI’s 56th anniversary.   “SSDI… Read more

(Remarks as Prepared) I rise today in support of H.R. 8, the Jobs Protection and Recession Prevention Act.  In doing so, I, and my fellow Republican House colleagues, have made an important choice, the choice to focus on job creation.   Unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who oppose this important piece of legislation have made a… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the House voted to extend the 2001 and 2003 income tax rates. “Today, the House voted to stop the tax hike and put American families and job creators first.  Tomorrow, we will vote to compel Congress to act on comprehensive tax reform next year that would make the tax code… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, along with Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, asked the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Obama Administration’s recent “Information Memorandum” that waives welfare reform work requirements for the first time.  The work… Read more

Mr. Chairman, it may be déjà vu all over again, but we don’t have to do the same thing all over again.  This year marks the third time in the last five years that core tax rates on either individual or investment incomes have been scheduled to expire.  That’s no way to run a country, and it’s no way to help the economy. While Congress should once again act to stop the tax… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that fellow Committee member Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) will retire effective immediately.   “Geoff has been a true leader on the Committee, helping to advance welfare and unemployment reforms that help Americans get back to work. … Read more

  The Obama administration has opened the door to changes in welfare reform that could destroy it from within. Federal officials have invited states to request “waivers” of the normal rules that govern putting welfare recipients to work. They describe these rules as mere “paperwork” that gets in the way of helping… Read more

Next week House Republicans are expected to pass an extension of the Bush tax cuts that includes a measure to fast-track comprehensive tax reform next year -- an idea that some lawmakers dismiss as just another legislative gimmick. But that misses the more important point, largely that Republicans are locking down a path to tax… Read more

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the first updated estimate of the Democrats’ health care law since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which indicates that ObamaCare’s Medicare cuts will be 50 percent higher than initially predicted.  Just two years ago, when ObamaCare was signed into law, CBO predicted that ObamaCare would slash Medicare by more than $500… Read more