While it operated, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program provided record amounts of financial assistance to over 24 million long-term unemployed individuals.  The EUC program provided record weeks of unemployment benefits per person (a total of up to 99 weeks of all unemployment benefits in many states, far eclipsing the norm of up to 52 weeks), a record duration… Read more

Today’s hearing will examine two very important and complex regulations implementing reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act’s mandates on local businesses and workers.     These regulations are long overdue. Businesses have been forced to wait four years since the passage of the law for the Treasury Department to finalize these rules.   In the meantime the… Read more

Good morning and welcome to the first Ways and Means Committee hearing on elements of the tax reform discussion draft I released in February.  The draft is focused on two primary goals: making the tax code simpler and fairer for families and employers, and strengthening the economy so there are more jobs and bigger paychecks for American families.   As we explore what tax… Read more

  First, Democrats promised their trillion-dollar stimulus plan would create millions of jobs.  It didn’t. Democrat projection of job creation after 2009 stimulus: +3.675 million (through December 2010) Actual change in jobs after 2009 stimulus: -2.530 million (through December 2010, or 6.2 million fewer jobs than projected)  Next, Democrats promised… Read more

Today, CMS outlined the ObamaCare cuts to Medicare Advantage (MA) as part of its 2015 rate notice.  While CMS relented on several administrative changes that would have layered on top of the ObamaCare cuts scheduled to hit, it remains clear that these cuts will negatively impact seniors who will feel the harsh realities of the MA cuts.  However, as the Wall Street Journal… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement on the March jobs report. “It is clear more must be done to strengthen this economy.  Washington’s number one focus must be on jobs and enacting policies that will actually help create sustained economic growth in this country.  That is why the Ways and Means Committee… Read more

Good morning.  I want to welcome Ambassador Mike Froman back to the Committee.  We are very aware and appreciative of how hard you and your dedicated staff work to advance U.S. trade policy. A trade policy that opens markets for American exports, enforces international rules and ensures a level playing field for American workers is proven to promote broad economic growth and… Read more

  Hearing on President Obama’s Trade Policy Agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman _________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS … Read more

Thank you for coming to today’s hearing on the new Federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.  Someone apparently thought naming a program M-I-E-C-H-V made sense.  But fortunately, at least the pronunciation of this acronym is the relatively simple “McVee” program, so I am going to stick with that.   At its core, this program is designed to… Read more

Today I rise in support of restoring Americans’ work hours, so they can see bigger paychecks and more opportunities.   ObamaCare places an unprecedented government regulation on workers, changing the definition of full-time work from 40 hours per week to 30 hours.  As a direct result, Americans across the country are having their hours cut at work and seeing smaller… Read more