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Opening Statements

February 28, 2013 Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program

Today’s hearing is on the Obama Administration’s July 2012 proposal to allow States to waive work and activity requirements for…

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February 27, 2013 Reichert Opening Statement: Hearing on Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care

Welcome to today’s hearing. I can’t think of a more important, or more bipartisan, topic than promoting adoption. In fact,…

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February 26, 2013 Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on Medicare’s Benefit Design

Welcome to the first hearing of the Health Subcommittee for the 113th Congress.  Today we will review the outdated and…

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February 14, 2013 Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the Charitable Deduction

Good morning and thank you for joining us today.    As part of the Committee’s ongoing commitment to pursue comprehensive…

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January 22, 2013 Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the Debt Limit

Good afternoon.  Thank you for joining us today for the first full committee hearing  of the 113th Congress.   The…

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December 12, 2012 Paulsen Opening Statement: Hearing on Proposal to Reduce Child Deaths Due to Maltreatment

The purpose of our hearing today is to discuss a proposal designed to reduce the number of children who die…

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September 21, 2012 Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Medicare Advantage

Today we will hear testimony regarding the current role of Medicare health plans, and look to the future of how…

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September 20, 2012 Camp Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains

(Remarks as Prepared) Good morning.  Thank you for joining us today for the third joint hearing this Congress of the…

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