COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

Press Releases

  • Camp Statement on Baucus Retirement

    April 23, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement upon the announcement that Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) will retire at the end of his term in 2014. “Max is a true legislator and friend for whom I have great respect, and I look forward to con... More

  • Boustany Questions IRS Employees Attending Union Training on Official Time

    April 18, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller inquiring about IRS employees leaving their official duties to attend union training conferences on the taxpayer’s dime. ... More

  • Camp, Nunes Statements on the Administration’s Announcement about Japan and TPP

    April 12, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) made the following statements after the Administration announced completion of bilateral consultations with Japan about its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Cha... More

  • Johnson Introduces Bill to Prevent Social Security Disability and Unemployment Insurance Double Dipping

    April 12, 2013 - Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H.R. 1502, “The Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2013.” The legislation would keep people from receiving both Social Security... More

  • Boustany Demands IRS Explanation for Reading Taxpayer Emails

    April 11, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller regarding reports that the IRS is searching through taxpayer emails, text messages and social media to compile information without a ... More

  • Camp Statement on the President’s Budget

    April 10, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement in response to the President’s FY2014 Budget. “Our country faces great challenges, and meeting those challenges requires that we work together. I welcome the President’s inclusion of reforms to Medicare an... More

  • Camp Statement on March Jobs Report

    April 5, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the March jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 88,000 jobs were created and the unemployment rate for March decreased to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent in... More

  • Camp Announces Hearing Series on the President’s and Other Bipartisan Entitlement Reforms

    April 3, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee will convene a series of hearings on entitlement reforms to protect and preserve Medicare and Social Security that have been identified by the President – either in his budget or in other recomme... More

  • Committees Advance Medicare Physician Payment Reform Effort, Circulate Additional SGR Reform Proposals for Feedback

    April 3, 2013 - WASHINGTON, DC – Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee today outlined additional details of a proposal to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. On F... More

  • Boustany Questions Why ObamaCare Exchange Application Is Collecting Voter Information

    March 25, 2013 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the inclusion of a voter registration application form in HHS's application for federal Exchange subsidies under Ob... More