I want to welcome everyone to the second hearing in the Subcommittee on Health for the 113th Congress.  Today we will be hearing from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on the recommendations in their March 2013 report on Medicare payment policies. We heard from MedPAC during our Medicare structural reform hearing two weeks ago.  It was insightful to hear the… Read more

Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) made the following statements upon Japan's formal announcement of its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Chairman Camp: “Japan has formally expressed its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  However, I remain concerned that… Read more

Hearing on MedPAC’s Annual March Report to Congress  ________________________________________ HEARING BEFORE THE … Read more

Good morning and welcome to our first Subcommittee hearing of the 113th Congress. I want to first introduce our new Subcommittee Members, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Thompson, and Ms. Schwartz.  Welcome aboard!  I look forward to working with each of you. We begin our work during a time when the government is operating under a  sequester, proposed… Read more

Hearing on the Financing Challenges Facing the Social Security Disability Insurance Program _____________________________________ HEARING … Read more

In a continued push to make the tax code simpler and fairer to strengthen the economy, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) has released a tax reform discussion draft aimed at helping small businesses expand, hire new workers and increase pay and benefits.  In response, groups representing the nation’s small businesses praised the effort.  More information about… Read more

Good morning.  I want to welcome our panel of witnesses and everyone else to our hearing on U.S.-India trade relations. It is an honor and a privilege to be chairing my first hearing as Trade Subcommittee Chairman and to be serving with my colleague, Ranking Member Charlie Rangel. Under Chairman Camp and Chairman Brady’s leadership, the previous Congress passed seven… Read more

I rise today in support of H.R. 890, the Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013. In July of last year, the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services issued an “information memorandum” saying they would accept and approve applications from States seeking to waive the requirement that 50 percent of their welfare caseload be engaged… Read more

*UPDATE: NEW TIME* All other details remain unchanged Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the financial products tax reform discussion draft released on January 24, 2013, by the Committee on Ways and Means (“the Committee”).  The Committee released the discussion draft… Read more

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 achieving fair and consistent disability decisions.  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 a.m. In view of the limited time available to hear witnesses,… Read more