COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

News List

  • Reichert Introduces TANF Extension Act

    March 6, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) introduced the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Extension Act of 2013. Under current law, the TANF program is authorized through March 27, 2013. The TANF Extension Act would ... More

  • Reed and Doggett Lead Subcommittee in Introducing the Standard DATA Act of 2013

    March 5, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Committee on Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Member Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY) and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), along with Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Members of the Human Resources Subcommittee introduced H.R. 948, the... More

  • Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program

    February 28, 2013 - Today’s hearing is on the Obama Administration’s July 2012 proposal to allow States to waive work and activity requirements for welfare recipients, often simply called welfare’s “work requirements.” Those work requirements originated in the 1996 welfare reform law, which passed on a bipartisan basis... More

  • House Republicans Introduce Legislation Blocking Obama Administration from Waiving Successful Welfare Work Requirements

    February 28, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) introduced the Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 201... More

  • Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care

    February 27, 2013 - Welcome to today’s hearing. I can’t think of a more important, or more bipartisan, topic than promoting adoption. In fact, that’s why we are having this hearing today. This is an area where both parties have worked together to improve outcomes for children, which is what I would like to do whenever... More

  • CBO: Obama Administration Waiver of Welfare Work Requirements Means $60 Million Hit to American Taxpayers

    February 27, 2013 - Today, in a letter in response to a request by Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that the Obama Administration’s July 2012 “memorandum” that allows States to waive work and activity requirements for welfare recipients would cost Federal taxpayers al... More

  • New GAO Report Confirms States Can Share Data While Protecting Privacy

    February 21, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with Congressmen Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Tom... More

  • Chairman Reichert Announces Hearing on Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care

    February 20, 2013 - 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 on increasing adoptions from foster care, including through the Adoption Incentives program. The hearing will take place imm... More

  • Unhappy Fourth Birthday for Stimulus

    February 15, 2013 - February 17, 2013, will mark the fourth anniversary of Democrats’ failed 2009 stimulus plan – and yet another year in which Democrats’ economic policy promises turned out to be oversold and underperforming. As displayed below, despite adding $1 trillion to the national debt, this 2009 legislation h... More

  • Chairman Camp Announces Republican Membership on Ways & Means Subcommittees for 113th Congress

    February 15, 2013 - Washington, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Republican members of the subcommittees for the 113th Congress. The announcement comes a day after the Republican Steering Committee named the Committee’s final Republican Member, Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH).... More