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• Camp, Paulsen and Doggett Statements on Senate Passage of the Protect our Kids Act of 2012

  January 2, 2013 - Washington, DC – Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Subcommittee on Human Resources Acting Chairman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Human Resources Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the Senate passed the “Protect our Kids Act of 2012,” H.R. 665... More

• Ways and Means Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Tariff Relief Legislation

  January 1, 2013 - Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) announced the introduction of the “U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act ... More

• Camp Floor Statement on Senate Amendment to H.R. 8 the Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012

  January 1, 2013 - Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge what a colleague from Georgia called a “legacy vote” – making permanent the tax cuts Republicans enacted back in 2001 and 2003. I couldn’t agree more and let me say why – because we are making PERMANENT tax policies REPUBLICANS originally crafted. Now, back then, de... More

• Camp Votes to Permanently Extend Middle-Class Tax Relief

  January 1, 2013 - Washington, DC – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following statement after voting to permanently extend Republican tax cuts originally enacted in 2001. “Over a decade ago, Republicans acted to provide working Americans with substantial tax relief. That tax relie... More

• Johnson, Doggett Statements on Medicare ID Theft Prevention Act

  December 21, 2012 - Washington, DC – Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Subcommittee Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements after the House passed H.R. 1509, the “Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2012.” Their legislation, which passed late... More

• Analyst Predicts ObamaCare Will Result in Unprecedented Premium Hikes

  December 20, 2012 - According to a recent BNA story, at the 17th Annual “Wall Street Comes to Washington,” a non-political event in which experts discuss future health care trends, a managed care analyst for Citi Investment Research and Analysis predicted that health insurance premiums could increase by more than 100 p... More