Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on preventing the payment of unemployment benefits to incarcerated individuals and other ways to improve the integrity of the Unemployment Insurance program.  The hearing will take place at 1:15 pm on… Read more

Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) will make the fourth stop on their national tax reform tour Monday, September 9, in Memphis, Tennessee.     The visit to Memphis will begin with a kitchen table conversation at the Sullivan Family Farm, where Chairmen Baucus and Camp will… Read more

Economists say the 2007-09 recession officially ended in June 2009.  Yet, as the fifth year of the “Obama Recovery” begins, American workers are facing another discouraging Labor Day.  Let’s take a look at some of the hallmarks of the “Obama Recovery”:   Worst jobs recovery ever;  Rising part-time employment; Declining wages;  Growing… Read more

Washington, DC –  Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today released the first paper in a series examining the flaws in the existing Medicare program and outlining… Read more

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/us-usa-healthcare-obamacare-idUSBRE97R04X20130828 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has delayed a step crucial to the launch of the new healthcare law, the signing of final agreements with insurance plans to be sold on federal health insurance exchanges starting October 1. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)… Read more

Delta Airlines recently delivered some chilling news to its employees, informing them that as a result of ObamaCare,"the cost of providing health care to our employees will increase by nearly $100,000,000 next year."  Unfortunately, this is just another example in the growing number of reports of Americans losing the health plan they have and like, increased health care costs, and… Read more

Seventeen years ago, on August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the most sweeping changes ever made to our nation’s safety net. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was the centerpiece of these reforms, replacing the New Deal-era Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. TANF had a new mandate to help those in need by… Read more

Every American finds dealing with the IRS to be an intimidating experience. That is why recent revelations that the IRS is targeting certain groups with extra scrutiny and harassment, simply because of their political beliefs, is cause for great concern. While President Barack Obama and his supporters have called these actions a “phony scandal,” it only gets worse as more evidence comes… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) made the following statement in response to the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud conspiracy in Puerto Rico. “I was outraged to learn of the unprecedented and widespread disability fraud arrests in Puerto Rico.  That such fraud could occur in the first place… Read more

Earlier in the year, the Wall Street Journal reported on ObamaCare forcing employers to drop spousal coverage in their employer-sponsored plans – breaking President Obama’s oft-repeated promise that, “if you like your plan, you can keep it.” Recent media reports show the trend of spouses losing their current health insurance continues to grow: In a memo to… Read more