Oct 5, 2012-- Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the September jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 114,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for September decreased to 7.8 percent. “Today’s weak jobs report is another disappointing reminder of the failure of the Obama Administration’s economic pol... more
Oct 5, 2012-- 1. 4.1 Million Fewer Jobs than Projected: In January 2009 the Obama Administration forecast there would be 137.6 million jobs in December 2010. Instead there were 130.3 million jobs in December 2010. Even 21 months later in September 2012, there are just 133.5 million jobs – 4.1 million fewer than the Administration’s forecast for late 2010. 2. Slower Jobs Recovery than during the Great Depression... more
Oct 4, 2012-- Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) called on the White House and the Department of Treasury to turn over all records associated with the decision to top off pensions for Delphi’s union beneficiaries while terminating its non-union pensions without additional funding. Camp made the request after the White House and Treasury were caught withholding documents ... more
Oct 4, 2012-- Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), and Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) called on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to immediately suspend the distribution of incentive payment... more
Oct 4, 2012-- Washington, DC - On Thursday, October 4, Michigan announced that the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has approved their application to operate a child welfare demonstration project to test ways to better prevent child maltreatment. Michigan is one of nine states approved to operate a demonstration project. States receive Federal funding to assist in the operation of their fo... more
Oct 4, 2012-- If it wasn't bad enough that the Obama Administration has been unable to create a climate conducive to job creation, as the table below shows, their failed policies have resulted in massive numbers of Americans giving up their job search entirely and leaving the labor force. Since the “recovery” began in the summer of 2009, the number of Americans ages 16 through 64 who are working or trying to fi... more
Oct 3, 2012-- Washington, DC - On August 13, 2012, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sent document requests to the White House, Department of Treasury (Treasury), and Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) to determine whether political concerns influenced the decision-making that resulted in the Obama Administration topping off the pensions of Delphi’s union beneficiaries while terminating its no... more
