U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced a hearing on the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud conspiracy in Puerto Rico. The hearing will take place on Thursday, September 19, 2013, in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building beginning at 2:30 p.m.
In view of the limited time…
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This isn't news the politicians want to broadcast, but federal tax revenue is booming. The latest monthly Congressional Budget Office review released Monday reports that, for the 11 months of the fiscal year through August, revenue is up $284 billion or 13% from a year earlier. We're guessing that's bigger than your raise…
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Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the statement below on the passing of former Congressman Clay Shaw, Jr. (R-FL). Shaw was a long-time member of the Ways and Means Committee, chairing three of its subcommittees: Human Resources, Social Security and Trade. Among his many legislative accomplishments, Chairman Shaw led the…
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Today’s hearing is on ending benefits for incarcerated individuals and other ways to improve the integrity of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program.
As a former Sheriff, I was shocked to read headlines about individuals in jails collecting unemployment benefits, which you might call “cash for cons.” In New Jersey, there were 20,000 inmates who collected over $24…
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Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the operations of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Exempt Organizations (EO) Division since the revelation that the IRS targeted certain organizations on the basis of their political…
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Washington, DC – In response to reports that the Obama Administration is considering new regulations to give unions’ multi-employer health plans a special ObamaCare deal that other Americans wouldn’t be eligible for, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew…
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WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) met today with family farmers and local business leaders in Memphis, Tennessee, to talk about the critical need to overhaul the nation’s tax code in order to boost its fairness, reduce complexity and improve the economy.…
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the August jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 169,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for August decreased to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent in July.
“While some job growth is better than no job growth, the fact is…
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Washington, DC – Amid news reports the Administration is crafting new regulations to appease union critics of the health care law, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate the taxpayer cost of…
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