Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time.  We are here today to investigate the magnitude of the problem posed by…

Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this important hearing, and thank you and your trade staff for collaborating so closely…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  Due to other obligations, including work on the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, Ranking Member…

Today’s hearing reviews State unemployment solvency.  States are spending and borrowing record amounts to pay promised benefits to a record…

Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman. I’d be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to publicly congratulate my friend…

Today we return to the issue of disability backlogs, about which the Ways and Means Committee has held now seven…

  Good afternoon.      Reducing disability claims backlogs is critically important and today’s hearing provides us with the opportunity to…

Co-chairmen Bowles and Simpson, fellow members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform… We’ve heard from a number…

Our Democrat colleagues began this Congress promising to spend $1 trillion and create 3.7 million jobs.  Vice President Biden said,…

Good morning.  I first want to congratulate our new Chairman as this is his first hearing in his new role. …