Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Trade, released the following statements concerning USTR Ron Kirk’s speech in Pittsburgh, PA: Congressman Dave Camp stated, “Enforcing our existing trade agreements is a prerequisite for a strong U.S. trade policy – but it is not enough.  We cannot be content with… Read more

Washington, DC -- Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) offered an amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010 to cure the flaws of the Democrats’ misguided “Buy American” policies in the underlying bill.     “Credible reports are surfacing that the confusing Buy American expansion in the stimulus bill is causing project… Read more

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's energy bill is intended to make the planet greener, but it will leave Ohioans and other Midwesterners seeing red. The Waxman-Markey bill, also known as Cap and Trade, should be known as Cap and Tax. In an answer to the liberal left's demands, Pelosi and Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman have tied climate change legislation to energy reform mandates that… Read more

Washington DC -- Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) commented on today's Senate Finance Hearing on Climate Change Legislation: International Trade Considerations: Congressman Dave Camp stated, “The Speaker rammed through the House a national energy tax bill that contains hastily crafted tariffs that will harm… Read more

Trade Subcommittee Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) will offer an amendment today to H.R. 2997, the Agriculture Appropriations bill, to move funds to allow USDA economists to study the potential benefits pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea could hold for American farmers and ranchers.  In addition, the study would focus on the negative impact of not… Read more

Washington, DC -- Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Appropriations Subcommittee (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies) Ranking Member Jack Kingston (R-GA) issued a letter to colleagues today highlighting the flaws and dangers of a provision that would prevent under any… Read more

Washington,DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade SubcommitteeRanking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement today inresponse to the second anniversary of the expiration of Trade PromotionAuthority (TPA):  “If the Speaker were serious about helping American workers, she would begranting the President TPA instead of inviting international… Read more

As a candidate, the President stated that under his plan “electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”  I give him credit – he was being honest with the American people. Today, the nation’s unemployment level is fast approaching 10 percent.  That means one out of every ten Americans will soon be without a job and without a paycheck to provide for themselves and their families. … Read more

As lawmakers continue to debate solutions to revive our ailing economy, a pillar of recovery that must not be forgotten is the vital role free trade plays in growing our economy and creating jobs.   With unemployment numbers continuing to rise, there is no better time than now to affirm our nation’s commitment to stimulating our economy by opening and engaging new markets.… Read more

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement today in response to the dangerous changes proposed to U.S. trade laws in the Waxman-Markey climate change bill: “The proposed ‘fix’ misses the mark and I fear it will be seen as an opening salvo in the trade war that the entire global… Read more