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• Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on More Spending, Less Real Help: Reviewing How Today's Fragmented Welfare System Has Failed to Lift Up Poor Families

  June 18, 2013 - Welcome to today’s hearing. Today is the first hearing in a series on what government does to help low-income families get ahead, whether that is effective, and how that can be made to work better. Today we will start with a review of our current system and how much we spend, but more importantly wh... More

• Despite Administration’s Promises, Still No Raises for American Workers

  June 18, 2013 - “A well designed recovery plan will not only create numerous jobs, but also many jobs paying good wages and providing full-time employment.” - Obama Administration’s “Romer Bernstein Report” on their trillion-dollar economic stimulus plan (officially titled “The Job Impact of the American Recovery ... More

• Camp, Nunes Statements on Launch of U.S.-EU Trade and Investment Negotiations

  June 17, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) issued the following statements after the President announced the launch of negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union. Chairman Camp: "I a... More

• Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies

  June 17, 2013 - A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service. Personal health info... More

• Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Proposals to Reform Medicare Post-Acute Care Payments

  June 14, 2013 - I want to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on bipartisan proposals, including those in the President’s budget, to reform how Medicare pays for care after patients are hospitalized. This is the fifth hearing for our subcommittee this Congress and the fourth hearing in a series focusing on biparti... More

• Confirmed: ObamaCare Increases the Cost of Doing Business

  June 14, 2013 - A new survey of 900 employers released from Mercer concludes that ObamaCare is increasing costs for both business and employees. According to Mercer, “The survey found that employers have upped their estimates of the cost impact of the ACA.” Additionally, the survey reveals the Obama Administration ... More