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Chairman Brady Announces Hearing on Ideas to Improve Medicare Oversight to Reduce Waste, Fraud and Abuse April 23, 2014 House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on Medicare ... More
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Camp Statement on Tax Day April 15, 2014 Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement regarding Tax Day. “There is no better example of Washington’s inefficiency and ineffectiveness than our tax code. Today, as Americans across the country finish filing their taxes, they come face to face with a tax code that is too complicated, takes too much time to comply with and costs too much. “It's time to stand up and say 'enough is enough.' Tax reform will make the tax code simpler... More
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Boustany, Johnson Demand Answers for the American People on Treasury Debt Recovery Program April 15, 2014 Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Acting Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Carolyn Colvin regarding media reports that adults who may have once received Social Security benefits as children were having their tax refunds withheld by Treasury for overpayments made to their parents decades ago. Parents of some of... More
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Ways and Means Committee Refers Lois Lerner to Department of Justice for Criminal Prosecution April 9, 2014 Washington, DC – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee, acting under its authority granted in Sec. 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, voted out a criminal referral letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Eric Holder regarding actions taken by IRS employee Lois Lerner. Chairman Camp, in sending the letter on behalf of the Committee, urged Holder to take a serious review of the evidence uncovered through the Committee’s investig... More
Opening Statements
Nunes Opening Statement: Hearing on Trade Implications of U.S. Energy Policy and the Export of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) April 9, 2014 Good afternoon. I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on the trade implications of U.S. energy policy and the export of liquefied natural gas. Today’s hearing focuses on the enormous potential of the U.S. energy revolution of the past decade. I’d like to make four points before we hear from our witnesses. First, the exploration of unconventional energy reserves has strengthened U.S. energy security and positioned us as a net exporter. This energy revolution has already cut U.S. dependenc... More
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