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August 1, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Chairman Johnson. I’m pleased the Subcommittees are meeting today to discuss what I consider to be a common sense, bipartisan idea that will help protect our nation’s seniors, brought before the Committee by Chairman Johnson and Congressman Doggett. Medicare benefic...
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July 31, 2012
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Mr. Chairman, it may be déjà vu all over again, but we don’t have to do the same thing all over again. This year marks the third time in the last five years that core tax rates on either individual or investment incomes have been scheduled to expire. That’s no way to run a country, and it’s no way ...
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July 26, 2012
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I want to welcome all of you to the markup of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012. With unemployment stuck above eight percent, we cannot miss any opportunity to help create jobs and expand our exports. This bill is such an opportunity. That is why this legislation enjoys such b...
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July 25, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Welcome to this morning’s hearing on public charities. This hearing is the second in a series of hearings exploring tax-exempt issues and IRS compliance efforts. The focus of today’s hearing is on 501(c)(3) public charities, the largest category of tax-exempt organizations. In...
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July 25, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good afternoon. In today’s hearing, we will review how technology is being used to improve the administration of the Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, program. As the nation’s largest Federal means-tested cash assistance program, SSI is sometimes called “the other welfare....
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July 24, 2012
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The Subcommittee will come to order. We are meeting today to hear from physician organizations who are working to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. These initiatives have been shown to be successful and may hold promise as we seek to reform and update the Medicare physician payment ...
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July 19, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning and thank you for joining us for another in a series of hearings examining how comprehensive tax reform can help spur economic growth. Today’s hearing is an opportunity to look more closely at the manufacturing industry. Specifically, we will examine how the curre...
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July 10, 2012
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(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning. Writing for the Majority in the ObamaCare decision handed down last month, Chief Justice John Roberts quoted the Lopez decision writing, “At the very least, we should ‘pause to consider the implications of the Government’s arguments’ when confronted with such new ...
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June 27, 2012
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June 27, 2012 (Remarks as Prepared) Today’s joint hearing is on disincentives to work built into current welfare and tax credit programs in the U.S. As we have already heard from Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom, other countries are wrestling wit...
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June 27, 2012
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June 27, 2012 (Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Chairman Davis. It’s a pleasure to have this opportunity to hold a joint hearing between our subcommittees. Providing an adequate safety net for Americans who have fallen on hard times is a non-partisan issue in Congress. It’s something all of us agree...
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