Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) made the following statements after the House passed H.R. 890, the Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013.  The legislation prohibits the Obama Administration from waiving the work requirements… Read more

Hearing on U.S.-India Trade Relations: Opportunities and Challenges ________________________________________ … Read more

  Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as several Members of Congress are trying to restore the reforms that helped so many out of poverty. The work requirements were the heart and soul of the historic welfare reform signed by President… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released a discussion draft aimed at creating a simpler and fairer tax code for small businesses.  The goal of Camp’s latest draft is to spur greater job creation and higher wages for American workers by reducing the burden the tax code imposes on small businesses.  According to the… Read more

Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on Federal tax provisions that affect State and local governments as part of the Committee’s continued work on comprehensive tax reform.   This tax reform hearing will examine the array of Federal tax provisions that affect State and local government… Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application runs 15 pages for a three-person family. An outline of the online version has 21 steps, some with additional questions. Seven months before the Oct. 1 start of enrollment season for millions of uninsured… Read more

In the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, the Obama administration announced it would ease up on the work requirements that made the 1996 reform of the nation's welfare law such a success. At the time, congressional Republicans denounced the move as "gutting" the law and vowed they would not let it stand. On Wednesday the House Committee of Ways and Means took the first steps… Read more

Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the February jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor.  A net total of 236,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for February decreased to 7.7 percent. “Despite this month’s positive report, job growth is still woefully behind where it should be. … Read more

Then:   "It's about jobs. In its life, it [ObamaCare] will create 4 million jobs -- 400,000 jobs almost immediately."   (Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Administration’s “Health Summit” on February 25, 2010)   Now :   “I’ve got a news flash for you.  The Affordable Care Act is not a jobs program.”   (Jared Bernstein, former chief economist for… Read more

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual March Report to the Congress which details the Commission’s recommendations for updating Medicare payment policies.  The Subcommittee will hear from MedPAC’s Chairman, Glenn… Read more