Opening Statements
I’m pleased the Ways and Means Committee is considering H.R. 1173, bipartisan legislation to repeal the unsustainable CLASS Act. I…
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: H.R. 1173, “The Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011”)Good morning. I would like to welcome all of you to our hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP. I…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership)Thank you Chairman Baucus, and thanks to all of you for joining us for the second joint hearing this year…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of Financial Products)The Social Security Disability Insurance program has been the source of great debate both before and since its cash benefit…
Read More (Johnson Statement: Hearing on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program)At the first Ways & Means Committee hearing this year Chairman Camp said that comprehensive tax reform would be a…
Read More (Tiberi Opening Statement: Hearing on the Ways and Means International Tax Reform Discussion Draft)Small businesses are the backbone of our economy: they account for more than half of America’s private gross domestic product…
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: Hearing on the Implementation and Effectiveness of the Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credit)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)