Opening Statements
Co-chairmen Hensarling and Murray, fellow members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, The problem we face is obvious:…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement at the Organizational Meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction)Today we will review ideas for reauthorizing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Since it replaced the New…
Read More (Davis Opening Statement: Hearing on Improving Work and Other Welfare Reform Goals)Back in November 1936, the U.S. Postal Service first began issuing Social Security cards to workers. Even though Social Security…
Read More (Johnson Opening Statement: Field Hearing on Social Security Numbers and Child Identity Theft)Good morning. I’d like to welcome everyone to this morning’s hearing on the new IRS paid tax return preparer initiative….
Read More (Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing on the New IRS Tax Return Preparer Initiative)Good morning and thank you for joining us today. Today is the ninth hearing that we have held on comprehensive…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on Tax Reform and Consumption-Based Tax Systems)Good morning, and thank you for joining us this morning. According to the Congressional Research Service, the last time both…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Hearing on the Taxation of Debt and Equity)When children die from maltreatment, it sometimes makes international headlines, as in the Caylee Anthony case that drew the focus…
Read More (Davis Opening Statement: Hearing on Child Deaths Due to Maltreatment)I am pleased to be co-chairing this hearing with my colleague Chairman Howard Coble and his Subcommittee colleagues and thank…
Read More (Johnson Opening Statement: Joint Hearing on the Role of Social Security Administrative Law Judges)As we heard a few weeks ago from the Public Trustees, unless Congress acts, in 2036 Social Security revenues will…
Read More (Johnson Opening Statement: Hearing on Social Security’s Finances)Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today delivered opening remarks at the Committee on Ways and…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement: Non-Markup of the Pending Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea)