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• Johnson Opening Statement: Hearing on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

  September 14, 2012 - Good morning and welcome to the fifth and last hearing in our series on securing the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance program. Over the course of the series we’ve heard about the program’s striking and continuing growth: at a time when workers paying into the system have increased... More

• Chairman Herger Announces Hearing on Medicare Health Plans

  September 14, 2012 - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to examine the current status of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and other health plans. The hearing will take place on Friday, September 21, 2012 in 1100 Lon... More

• Camp Opening Statement: Markup of H.J.Res. 118, "Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Administration’s July 12, 2012 Waiver of Welfare Work Requirements”

  September 13, 2012 - Good morning. We are meeting today to consider H.J.Res. 118, a resolution to block the Obama Administration from waiving work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program. Americans strongly believe that those who are able should work in exchange for receiving ... More

• Myth v. Fact: Obama Administration Claims on Welfare Work Waivers Ring False

  September 13, 2012 - Myth: HHS has not “gutted” welfare reform. Fact: Work requirements were at the core of welfare reform, and they have been the centerpiece of the law for 16 years. HHS now claims that work requirements are no longer mandatory, and that States can apply to HHS to opt out of the requirements. By claim... More

• 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

• Brady Announces Hearing on the Benefits of Expanding U.S. Services Trade Through an International Services Agreement

  September 13, 2012 - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the benefits of expanding U.S. services trade through an international services agreement. The hearing will take place on Thursday, Septemb... More