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USDA Announces Disaster Declaration and Relief for Farmers in 72 Michigan Counties
Jul 2, 2012 - Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a disaster declaration for 72 counties in Michigan affected by extreme weather and frost that occurred last winter and spring. On June 7, 2012, Congressman Dave Camp, and members of the Michigan Congressional Delegation, wrote to Vilsack... More

Camp Calls on USDA for Disaster Declaration to Aid Michigan Farmers
Jun 7, 2012 - Washington DC – Today, Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), along with members of the Michigan delegation, signed a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The letter supports Governor Rick Snyder’s request for a federal disaster declaration to expedite assistance for affected growe... More

Camp, House Republicans Thwart Administration's Effort to Kill Youth Agriculture Programs
Apr 26, 2012 - Congressman Dave Camp (R-Midland, MI) today released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced it has withdrawn a proposed rule that would undermine the ability of farmers and ranchers to hire young people, putting at risk their ability to pass on their experience to the next g... More

Michigan’s Camp, Levin Lead Pro-Growth, Pro-Jobs Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process
Mar 30, 2012 - Today Congressman Dave Camp (R-Midland, MI) Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak, MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) announced the commencement of the Miscellaneous Tar... More

House Republican Budget Encourages Prosperity, Comprehensive Tax Reform
Mar 20, 2012 - Today House Republicans unveiled their 2013 budget, introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), aimed at restoring economic opportunity, spurring job creation and paying down the massive debt and deficits created by out-of-control Washington spending. Congressman Dave Camp (R-Midland),... More

Camp, Huizenga, Benishek Applaud USFS Decision to Allow Hunting and Snowmobiling in Huron-Manistee National Forest
Jan 31, 2012 - Congressmen Bill Huizenga, MI-02, Dan Benishek, MI-01, and Dave Camp, MI-04, today applauded the U.S. Forest Service’s final decision to continue to allow firearm hunting and snowmobiling on 66,000 acres of Huron-Manistee National Forest. The Michigan Representatives submitted a comment last year to... More

Camp Statement on President’s State of the Union Address
Jan 24, 2012 - Congressman Dave Camp (R-Midland, MI), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee made the following statement on Tuesday evening in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: “Instead of focusing on tax reform that can create jobs, the President spent his time talking about how he inte... More

ICYMI: George Weeks: Camp takes on another pivotal role in Congress
Dec 25, 2011 - 25 Dec 2011 -- Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI) George Weeks: Camp takes on another pivotal role in Congress For the third time in about 20 months, 11term 4th District U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-midland, has been named as a key player in Washington’s trumpeted efforts to deal with deadloc... More

EPA Reverses Decision -- Dairy Farmers Exempt from Extraneous Regulation
Apr 12, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Midland) today praised a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a previous proposal that will exempt dairy farmers from its Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule. The SPCC rule would have required dairy farmers to have in p... More

U.S. Rep. Dave Camp Reaction to Asian Carp Found Past Electronic Barriers
Jun 23, 2010 - Upon news that an Asian Carp was found past the highest electronic barrier in the Chicago Area Waterway System, with free access to the Great Lakes, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-MI, said: “The President stated there was a zero tolerance policy in regards to invasive species like Asian Carp. It’s time he m... More

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