Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation issued an analysis showing that close to 50% of all Americans will pay no income taxes under President Obama’s proposed tax policies:“The day after millions of Americans who are already strapped for cash but nonetheless filed and paid ...

Louisiana and other oil and gas producing states stand to lose tens of thousands of jobs if President Barack Obama's budget, which calls for the repeal of energy tax credits, is ...

Washington, DC – Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement regarding his “no vote” today on the budget resolution:“Massive amounts of taxing and spending are not economically viable, yet that is what this budget proposes. It includes more than $1 trillion in new health care spending, and $1 trillion in new energy taxes. It will double our ...

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Attached is a presentation detailing how President Obama’s budget raises energy taxes on every American, prodding Democrats to create a massive “Energy Stamps” program to “protect the poor.” However, in this spread-the-wealth scheme, the average middle class household is left paying at least $1,600 each year in higher energy taxes.

(REMARKS AS PREPARED)Thank you, Mr. Camp, for yielding.Mr. Chairman, I anticipate that we will agree on much of what is discussed here today, and I am grateful that you called this hearing.We are going to hear about significant payment problems in the U.S. health care system, and specifically about those in Medicare.  Republicans believe, as ...

(Remarks as Prepared)THANK YOURegina, thank you for the kind introduction, but more importantly thank you for all your work at USTR, and since, to translate America’s trade agenda into concrete economic results for our workers and companies.I commend Steve Lamar’s leadership of WITA this year as president, appreciate the work ...

(REMARKS AS PREPARED)Thank you, Chairman Neal.  I share many of the concerns you outlinedin your statement and look forward to working together on responsible,common-sense steps that will make our efforts to crack-down onindividuals who commit tax fraud more effective.  Thank you also to ourwitnesses.  I appreciate your willingness to join us today and ...

(REMARKS AS PREPARED)Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman.The issue of price volatility in climate change legislation is a critical issue for this committee to consider, and I am pleased that the Full Committee and our relevant Subcommittees are taking the appropriate time to study the complex issues of cap-and-tax.Many of our witnesses today ...

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement during today’s committee hearing addressing price volatility in climate change legislation.  The graph below shows the state-by-state analysis of annual increases in electricity costs that would occur under a 100% auction, as President Obama has called for, to meet his target carbon emission ...