COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

Facts Are Stubborn Things

  • The Choice is Clear

    March 29, 2012 - The choice is clear. The House Republican Budget says “yes” to cutting government spending and creating jobs, while the President and Senate Democrats continue to say “no.” ### More

  • Obama Budget: More Than Twice the Debt in Half the Time

    February 14, 2012 - President Obama’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal is a clear indication that he is not serious about reducing the nation’s burdensome, job-killing deficits and debt. Failing to fulfill his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his term, Obama instead proposed a fourth consecutive year of deficits... More

  • Time Is Up

    February 1, 2012 - On February 1, 2009, President Obama said when speaking on the economy, “If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” Three years later, the results couldn’t be clearer. The failed policies and broken promises of the President’s trillion dollar stimulus... More

  • Why Do We Need to “Restore” Basic Values like Work, Home Ownership, Education, and Savings?

    January 31, 2012 - In his January 24, 2012 State of the Union Address President Barack Obama spoke of the optimism of the World War II generation and noted: “They understood they were part of something larger; that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a chance to share – the basic Ameri... More

  • America Then and Now – Obama Policies Have Put America at Risk

    January 27, 2012 - Earlier this week during his State of the Union address, President Obama said, “The defining issue of our time is how to keep that [American] promise alive.” What he conveniently omitted from his speech was that his failed policies have done nothing to make it easier to achieve, or afford, success. ... More

  • Democrats Have a Habit of Letting Critical Policies Lapse and Seem Intent on Doing it Again

    December 20, 2011 - Despite their rhetoric, when Democrats controlled Congress they repeatedly let jobless benefits expire for our nation’s unemployed and missed deadlines to prevent reimbursement cuts to doctors treating America’s seniors. Their actions – refusing to either pass a one-year extension of critical benefi... More

  • House Version of Payroll Tax Bill A Better Deal for America

    December 19, 2011 - Under the House-passed payroll tax cut bill, an American worker earning $50,000 next year is 100 percent certain to receive a $1,000 payroll tax cut. By comparison, the legislation passed by the Senate on Saturday would grant only a $167 payroll tax cut to the same worker. Despite Senate Democrats’ ... More

  • Medicare Spending Reductions to Hospitals Equal One-Half of One Percent

    December 12, 2011 - It’s important to add a little perspective to what the hospital industry is calling “major reductions” to hospitals in H.R. 3630. Here are the facts: According to Medicare’s actuaries, the Medicare program is expected to spend $2.6 trillion on hospital services over the next decade. H.R. 3630 would ... More

  • Twice the Debt in Half the Time

    July 27, 2011 - A recent “infographic” released by the White House tries to assign the blame for our massive debt and deficits to former President Bush and Republican Congresses. However, the graphic conveniently omits President Obama’s record and his plans for the fiscal future of our country. If the President had... More

  • The Facts He Forgot...Reviewing the President's Debt Limit Address

    July 26, 2011 - President Obama skirts responsibility for his out-of-control government spending. “The deficit was on track to top $1 trillion the year I took office.” The deficit in 2008, the last year before President Obama took office, was $458.6 billion. The projected deficit for 2011 is $1.5 trillion. This yea... More