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June 18, 2013
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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...
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June 18, 2013
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“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 ...
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June 14, 2013
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As Father’s Day (June 16) and the third anniversary of the Obama Administration declaration of the start of “Recovery Summer” (June 17) approach, it’s worth reviewing how men have been faring in the Obama economy. As the graphs below indicate, the answer is not well – especially for men in their pr...
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June 11, 2013
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Washington, D.C. - Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today congratulated the State of Michigan on receiving approval for their short-time compensation (STC) program from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This approval makes Michigan eligible for federal fund...
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June 11, 2013
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Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “More Spending, Less Real Help: Reviewing How Today’s Fragmented Welfare System Fails to Lift Up Poor Families.” Th...
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June 7, 2013
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Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the May jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 175,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for May increased to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent in April. “The...
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June 5, 2013
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Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Members of the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee took a bipartisan step to eliminate unnecessary barriers that keep youth in foster care from participating in normal, everyday activities. In a letter to State child welfare administrators, the Members encourag...
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May 9, 2013
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Entering foster care is a life-changing experience for children. Foster children are faced with a dizzying array of changes that are anything but normal. They are separated from their parents. They are often sent to live with a family they have never met. They may start attending a new school, have ...
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May 9, 2013
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), along with other Members of the Human Resources Subcommittee, introduced H.R. 1896, the International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of...
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May 7, 2013
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WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) internal memo that confirms that as early as 2009, the Obama Administration was actively exploring ways to circum...
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