COMMITTEE on WAYS and MEANS

Chairman Dave Camp

Press Releases

  • Camp Urges Further Action to Prevent Waivers of Welfare Work Requirements

    September 13, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Committee approved, by a vote of 18 to 14, H.J.Res. 118, “Providing for congressional disapproval of the Administration’s July 12, 2012 waiver of welfare work requirements.” “Today’s vote in the... More

  • House Republicans Introduce Bill to Block Obama Administration’s Controversial Welfare Waiver Scheme

    September 11, 2012 - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) today introduced H.J.Res. 118, a resolution disapproving of President Obama’s effort to roll back the work requirements cri... More

  • Camp Statement on August Jobs Report

    September 7, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the August jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of only 96,000 jobs were created, the unemployment rate remained above 8 percent for the 43rd consecutive month, and... More

  • Report Highlights Treasury’s Failed Tax Refund Pilot Program

    September 5, 2012 - Washington, DC - Early last year, the Department of Treasury hired the Urban Institute to conduct a study of Treasury’s debit card pilot program. The program was intended to encourage taxpayers to receive their tax refunds on pre-paid debit cards but was suspended after only 2,000 of the 808,000 ta... More

  • New GAO Analysis Confirms Obama Administration Circumvented Congress to Waive Welfare Work Requirements

    September 4, 2012 - WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis confirms the Obama Administration circumvented Congress t... More

  • Camp Statement on Russia Becoming a Member of the WTO

    August 22, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement as Russia becomes a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In July, Camp, along with Ways and Means trade leaders, introduced legislation granting Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to ... More

  • Camp Releases Report on Obama Administration’s History of Undermining Work Requirements

    August 21, 2012 - Washington, DC – In anticipation of tomorrow’s anniversary of the signing of the historic, bipartisan 1996 Welfare Reform law, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today released a report detailing the Obama Administration’s efforts to undermine work requirements in multiple governmen... More

  • Democrats’ Inaction Promises Slash in Social Security Benefits

    August 17, 2012 - Recently, Vice President Biden stated, “Number one, I guarantee you, flat guarantee you, there will be no changes in Social Security.” Biden’s comments follow those made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who said that Social Security “is fine.” This is bad news for those who will see their Social... More

  • Camp Requests All Records in Delphi Pension Decision

    August 15, 2012 - Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) called on Obama Administration officials to detail its involvement in the termination of pensions for certain employees of the now-bankrupt Delphi. Recent news reports indicate that the Obama Administration played an active role in... More

  • Social Security Made the Wrong Decision to End Two Return to Work Programs

    August 15, 2012 - Washington, DC - Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) sent a letter to the Commissioner of Social Security, transmitting the legal opinion issued this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the agency’s decision to end two programs designed to help disability bene... More