Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon announcement that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller would resign effective early June.   “The American people should be able to trust and have faith that, not only the IRS, but that the tax code will treat them fairly.  This resignation does nothing… Read more

Hearing on Ways and Means Small Business and Pass-Through Entity Tax Reform Discussion Draft … Read more

House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold its first in a series of hearings to explore the bipartisan proposals, including those contained in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget to reform Medicare.  This hearing will focus on review of proposals to change cost-sharing… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller requesting information on the targeting of organizations by the IRS. The Ways and Means Committee has led a nearly two-year investigation related to concerns that IRS was… Read more

A new estimate released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reveals that, of the options available to protect Medicare beneficiaries from identity theft, the least expensive of all would be a partial removal of the Social Security Number (SSN) from the Medicare card.  According to the estimate, the cost of obscuring the first five digits of the SSN… Read more

Congressman Dave Camp, (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings.  The hearing will take place on… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the release of the 2013 Compilation of Trade Statutes – commonly known as the “Trade Blue Book.”  First published in 1987 and periodically updated since, the Blue Book compiles the statutory text of U.S. trade laws, integrating numerous separate acts of Congress into a single statutory… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and all Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding reports the Secretary solicited donations from outside groups to promote and support ObamaCare.   Reports highlight that the Secretary… Read more

A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose. The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Any violation of this principle threatens the trust and the voluntary cooperation of citizens upon which this democracy depends. So it was… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the IRS admitting they unfairly targeted conservative groups.  After multiple inquiries from the Ways and Means Committee, the IRS repeatedly denied that they were targeting conservative grassroots organizations.… Read more