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

  • H.R. 45, Repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care-Related Provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

    May 16, 2013 - I rise today in support of H.R. 45, legislation to repeal ObamaCare. In March 2010, then-Speaker Pelosi famously said, with respect to the President’s health care law, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it.” Well, Washington Democrats passed that bill, and virtually every w... 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

  • Timeline of Communications Between Ways and Means Committee and IRS

    May 15, 2013 - March-April 2010 According to TIGTA, the IRS’s Determinations Unit “began searching for other requests for exemption involving the Tea Party, Patriots, 9/12 and IRC § 501(c)(4) applications involving political sounding names, e.g., “We the People” or “Take Back the Country.” June 3, 2011 Chairman Ca... 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

  • Ways and Means to Hold Hearing on Internal Revenue Service Targeting Conservative Groups

    May 13, 2013 - Congressman Dave Camp, (R-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee, today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) practice of targeting applicants for tax-ex... More

  • Camp Announces Release of 2013 Trade Blue Book

    May 13, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the release of the 2013 Compilation of Trade Statutes – commonly known as the “Trade Blue Book.” First published in 1987 and periodically updated since, the Blue Book compiles the statutory text of U.S. trade laws, integrati... More

  • Ways and Means Republicans Question HHS Soliciting Donations

    May 13, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and all Republican Members of the Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding reports the Secretary solicited donations from outside groups to promote and s... 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