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• Camp Statement on September Jobs Report

  October 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 job... More

• 10 Key Facts on Jobs and Unemployment

  October 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 t... More

• Camp Demands Delphi Pension Documents from Treasury and White House

  October 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 ... More

• House Leaders Express Concern that Nearly $10 Billion in Health IT Spending May Have Been Wasted

  October 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 Ser... More

• HHS Gets Waivers Right – on Child Welfare, not TANF

  October 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 op... More

• This Is a Recovery? Since August 2009 Average Drop in Labor Force Is 21,000 People a Month

  October 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” beg... More