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• Davis Opening Statement: Hearing on State TANF Spending and Its Impact on Work Requirements

  May 17, 2020 - Our hearing today reviews a key provision of welfare reform: State spending requirements and their impact on work requirements. As part of welfare reform in 1996, States were given a Federal block grant for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (or TANF) program which maintained record Federal... More

• Boustany Questions Obama Administration’s Use of Taxpayer Dollars on PR Campaigns

  May 22, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) requested information on how much has been spent by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for public relations, advertisements, polling and message testing since January 1, 2008. The letter follo... More

• Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on Supporting Economic Growth and Job Creation through Customs Trade Modernization, Facilitation, and Enforcement

  May 17, 2012 - Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced a Subcommittee hearing to review customs operations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The hearing will focus on efforts to enhance economic growth ... More

• Davis Announces Hearing on State TANF Spending and Its Impact on Work Requirements

  May 17, 2012 - Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to review State spending requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and their interaction wit... More

• Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) Remarks: Federal Policy Group’s 2012 Tax, Budget, and Legislative Policy Seminar

  May 17, 2012 - (Remarks as prepared) As I prepared for today’s remarks, I looked back on the comments I made last year when I spoke to you. Whether it was looming tax hikes that still hang over this weak economy, stalled trade deals that have since been signed into law, or the debt limit crisis, which the Budget C... More

• Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on Customs Trade Modernization, Facilitation and Enforcement

  May 17, 2012 - Our hearing today will focus on three critical aspects of the Customs mission: modernization, streamlining and facilitation, and enforcement – as well as the accurate, timely measurement of improvement in all three. I want to welcome everyone and extend a special welcome to our guests. Just 100 year... More