COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Opening Statements

Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

May 17, 2013-- On May 10, 2013, Lois Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) division that oversees tax-exempt groups, finally acknowledged that the agency had been targeting conservative-leaning political organizations. Four days later, the Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration (TIGTA) confirmed that, “the IRS used inappropriate criteria to identify orga... more

Opening Statements

Nunes Opening Statement: Hearing on U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations

May 16, 2013-- Good afternoon. I want to welcome everyone to our hearing on the U.S.-EU trade and investment partnership negotiations. Today’s hearing focuses on the enormous potential that exists in a U.S.-EU trade and investment agreement. The U.S.-EU economic relationship is the largest and most integrated in the world, comprising 50 percent of global GDP and supporting millions of U.S. jobs. Although it’s a ... more

Floor Statements

H.R. 45, Repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

May 16, 2013-- I rise today in support of H.R. 45, legislation to repeal ObamaCare. In March 2010, then-Speaker Pelosi famously said, with respect to the President’s health care law, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it.” Well, Washington Democrats passed that bill, and virtually every week since has been an expensive, eye-opening experience. Over the past three years, it has become cl... more

Press Release

Senate, House Republicans Call on GAO to Investigate Sec. Sebelius’s Solicitation of Funds for Private Non-Profit

May 16, 2013-- Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Ranking Members Lamar Alexander (R-TN) of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) of the Senate Finance Committee, with House Chairmen Fred Upton (R-MI) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Jack Kingston (R-GA) of the House Appropriations Committee Subcommitt... more

Opening Statements

Tiberi Opening Statement: Hearing on the Ways and Means Small Business Tax Reform Discussion Draft

May 15, 2013-- The hearing will come to order. Good morning and thank you for joining us for our hearing on the Ways & Means Small Business Tax Reform Discussion Draft. In March 2011, the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee held a hearing on small businesses and tax reform. We learned that the temporary, complex nature of the tax code was forcing small business owners to invest their time and resources complyi... more

The Prescription Pad

37 Reasons to Repeal ObamaCare

May 15, 2013-- After $1 trillion in new taxes and more than $2 trillion in new spending, three years later the Democrats’ law has failed to deliver on the promise of affordable health care for Americans. Instead, American families and businesses are facing the tough and costly realities of ObamaCare: higher health insurance premiums, the loss of the health plan you have and like, lower wages, and less hiring an... more

Press Release

Timeline of Communications Between Ways and Means Committee and IRS

May 15, 2013-- March-April 2010 According to TIGTA, the IRS’s Determinations Unit “began searching for other requests for exemption involving the Tea Party, Patriots, 9/12 and IRC § 501(c)(4) applications involving political sounding names, e.g., “We the People” or “Take Back the Country.” June 3, 2011 Chairman Camp sends letter to Commissioner Shulman inquiring about IRS targeting of taxpayers who donated money... more