COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

News List

  • 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 T... More

  • 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... More

  • Camp Statement on Miller Resignation

    May 15, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon announcement that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller would resign effective early June. “The American people should be able to trust and have faith that, not only the IRS, ... More

  • Camp, Levin Request All IRS Documents

    May 14, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller requesting information on the targeting of organizations by the IRS. The Ways and Means Committee has le... More

  • Playing politics with tax records

    May 11, 2013 - A BEDROCK principle of U.S. democracy is that the coercive powers of government are never used for partisan purpose. The law is blind to political viewpoint, and so are its enforcers, most especially the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service. Any violation of this principle threatens the trust and t... More

  • Boustany Demands Information on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

    May 10, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the IRS admitting they unfairly targeted conservative groups. After multiple inquiries from the Ways and Means Committee, the IRS re... More

  • Lawmakers seek public support for tax overhaul

    May 9, 2013 - By Susan Davis WASHINGTON — The top two tax writers on Capitol Hill want to overhaul the federal tax code for the first time since 1986 and they are soliciting help from the public to help get it done. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat, and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, a Re... More

  • Camp Floor Statement: H.R. 807, the "Full Faith and Credit Act"

    May 9, 2013 - I rise today in support of H.R. 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act. This legislation credibly and permanently removes the threat of default on a U.S. debt payment and ensures that Social Security benefit payments are paid in full and on time. The bill is really quite simple: it requires the Treasur... More

  • Camp and Baucus Team Up to Launch TaxReform.gov

    May 9, 2013 - Washington, DC – House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) today teamed up to launch TaxReform.gov, a new website dedicated to obtaining input from the American public on tax reform. “The tax code is littered with special interest provisio... More

  • Boustany Opening Statement: Hearing on the IRS's Colleges and Universities Compliance Project

    May 8, 2013 - Welcome to today’s hearing on the IRS’s final report on its Colleges and Universities Compliance Project. Over the last two decades, tax-exempt organizations have grown increasingly complex in their organizational structures and operations. This has made it more difficult for the IRS to conduct over... More