Opening Statements
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)…
Read More (Joint Hearing on Work Incentives in Social Security Disability Programs)Good morning and thank you for joining us for another in the series of hearings on comprehensive tax reform. Today…
Read More (Tiberi Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Energy Tax Policy and Tax Reform)Thank you, Chairman Tiberi. I’d also like to welcome everyone to this morning’s hearing on energy tax policy and administration….
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on Energy Tax Policy and Tax Reform)Today we are going to hear about a number of Medicare provider payments that will soon expire unless Congress intervenes. …
Read More (Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Certain Expiring Medicare Provider Payment Provisions)Good morning and thank you for joining us for the latest in our continued series of hearings on comprehensive tax…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on Economic Models Available to the Joint Committee on Taxation for Analyzing Tax Reform Proposals)In 1996 I was a part of the historic reform of our welfare system as were some of the members…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 2883 The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act)The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act continues this Committee’s tradition of bipartisanship in crafting child welfare legislation….
Read More (Davis Opening Statement: Markup of H.R. 2883 The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act)Today we are going to hear from a panel of witnesses regarding consolidation in the health care industry. Consolidation…
Read More (Herger Opening Statement: Hearing on Health Care Industry Consolidation)