COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

News List

  • Boustany Calls on IRS to Detail Role in ObamaCare Implementation

    March 21, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steven Miller to find out how much taxpayer money will be used to implement the Democrats' health care law and how many IRS employees ... More

  • Boustany Opening Statement: Hearing on the Tax-Related Provisions in the President’s Health Care Law

    March 5, 2013 - Three years ago this month, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. For individuals, families, and small businesses struggling to pay for health care, this milestone is no cause for celebration. Today we wil... More

  • ObamaCare: Trillion Dollar Tax Hike that Hurts Small Businesses

    March 4, 2013 - Tomorrow, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight will examine the tax provisions contained in ObamaCare. Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirm that the Democrats’ health law is a trillion-dollar tax hike that families and employer... More

  • Boustany Announces Hearing on the Tax-Related Provisions in the President’s Health Care Law

    February 26, 2013 - Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr. M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the tax provisions contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconci... 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

  • Committees Launch ObamaCare Burden Tracker

    February 6, 2013 - Washington, DC – The Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce Committees today unveiled the ObamaCare Burden Tracker (#ObamaCareBurden). The Burden Tracker is a real-time online resource to help the public keep track of all of the new government mandates, rules, and red t... More

  • Boustany Requests IRS Give Guidance to Taxpayers for 2013 Tax Filing Season

    January 31, 2013 - Washington, DC - Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overstepped its authority by requiring all paid preparers to register with the IRS and provide for competency testing under its Registered Tax Return Preparer Program. With ... More

  • Ways and Means, Oversight Seek Interviews, Documents on Illegal ObamaCare Expansion

    January 29, 2013 - Washington, DC– Despite having no authority to do so under ObamaCare, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a final rule in May 2012 to extend eligibility for health insurance subsidies to people enrolled in exchanges established and run by the federal government. Ways and Means Committee Chairm... More

  • Chairman Camp Announces Ways and Means Subcommittee Chairmen for 113th Congress

    January 15, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the Chairmen of the subcommittees for the 113th Congress. “I congratulate the new and returning Chairmen of each of the subcommittees,” said Camp. “The Committee faces a very busy Congress as we work to make our economy stro... More

  • Boustany Demands Accountability from HHS on Public Records

    December 18, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The letter calls on Sebelius to provide information related to recent whistleblower allegations that p... More