Opening Statements
Good morning. In today’s hearing, we will review Supplemental Security Income or SSI benefits for children. SSI provides monthly…
Read More (Davis Opening Statement: Hearing on Supplemental Security Income Benefits for Children)China is both an opportunity and an obstacle when it comes to our economy and American jobs. While the Chinese…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship)The United States has many frustrations with the U.S.-China economic relationship, but China remains among the most important U.S. export…
Read More (Brady Statement for the Record: Hearing on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship)Thank you, Chairman Camp. As someone who strongly opposed the 3% withholding tax ever since it was signed into law…
Read More (Herger Opening Statement: Markup of 3% Withholding Rule and Modifying the Income Definition for Certain Health Care Programs)Thank you Mr. Chairman. I’d like to start out by saying my bill, H.R. 2576, is about fairness. This summer,…
Read More (Black Opening Statement: Markup of 3% Withholding Rule and Modifying the Income Definition for Certain Health Care Programs)Today’s hearing is on the President’s proposals to help the long-term unemployed get back to work, which are part of…
Read More (Davis Opening Statement: Hearing on Moving from Unemployment Checks to Paychecks: Assessing the President’s Proposals to Help the Long-Term Unemployed)Thank you and welcome to the long-awaited markup of the three pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Markup of the Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea)Next month, we will mark five years since the United States and Colombia signed a trade agreement. Yet that agreement…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Markup of the Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea)Our nation’s most vulnerable citizens are at the center of a perfect storm. Record deficits, a still struggling economy, and…
Read More (Johnson Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Work Incentives in Social Security Disability Programs)As my colleagues have discussed, today’s hearing examines the effectiveness of work incentives administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA)…
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