Welfare
WASHINGTON, DC — Earlier today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke to Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s The…
Read More (Paul Ryan Discusses Poverty, Pope Francis, and Planned Parenthood with Jake Tapper on CNN)“A portrait of economic stagnation,” said the Wall Street Journal. “America’s quagmire” is how CBS News put it. These are the…
Read More (Inside the Numbers on Poverty and Income in America)WASHINGTON, DC — This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report showing the number of Americans living in…
Read More (Ryan: Poverty Data Underscores Need for Welfare Reform)WASHINGTON, DC — House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) released the following statement on today’s Census…
Read More (Boustany: Census Poverty Data Shows Need for Action)Today, the House passed H.R. 1831, The Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act. This bill is the first step in a long-term…
Read More (What the Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Will Do)WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House passed H.R. 1831, The Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act. In response, House Ways and Means…
Read More (Ryan Urges Senate to Pass Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Bill)WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced that next week the House will take up H.R. 1831,…
Read More (House to Vote on Murray-Ryan Evidence-Based Policy Commission Legislation)This week, Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) convened a hearing on welfare reform, specifically looking…
Read More (From Welfare to Work: A Bipartisan Effort to Improve Our Social Safety Net)WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) delivered the following opening statement…
Read More (Boustany Opening Statement: Welfare Reform Proposals)WASHINGTON, DC — This week, members of the House Ways and Means Committee introduced several bills to strengthen the Temporary…
Read More (Ways and Means Members Introduce Bills to Help People Move from Welfare to Work)