News List

  • Opening Statement: Hearing on Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Tax Compliance
    Nov 5, 2009  - (Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Earlier this year this Subcommittee met to examine issues surrounding banking secrecy and illegal tax evasion.  At that hearing, we all agreed that criminal tax evasion should be Aggressively pursued and punished.  I also said that I hoped our eff... More
  • Stimulus on Track to Meet Job Projection Goals – for Washington, D.C.
    Oct 8, 2009  - The table below compares the White House's February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through August 2009 (the latest state-by-state figures currently available).  As this ... More
  • Keeping up with the Baileys: How Does Chuck Schumer's "Typical" Middle Class Family Fare Under the Democrats' National Energy Tax?
    Jun 25, 2009  - Background:  “In his new book, Positively American: Winning Back the American Middle Class One Family at a Time, Senator Charles Schumer reveals the imaginary constituents that have long informed his political career: Joe and Eileen Bailey. The Baileys live in a suburb of Long Island with their t... More
  • Camp: Report Confirms Failure of Stimulus to "Save or Create" Jobs
    Jun 5, 2009  - WASHINGTON, DC – Following the jobs report this morning, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement: “Jobs have not been saved—they have been lost.  And, thousands more will be out of work this summer as GM and Chrysler lay off workers, shutter plants and el... More
  • Opening Statement of Ranking Member Patrick Tiberi (R-OH)
    May 21, 2009  - (Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing.  One of the principal ways that State and local governments finance their activities is through the issuance of bonds to the public.  ... More
  • Tiberi Opening Statement: Hearing on Banking Secrecy Practices and Wealthy American Taxpayers
    Mar 31, 2009  - (REMARKS AS PREPARED) Thank you, Chairman Neal.  I share many of the concerns you outlined in your statement and look forward to working together on responsible, common-sense steps that will make our efforts to crack-down on individuals who commit tax fraud more effective.  Thank you a... More
  • Orszag: Energy Tax Will Cost Families An Average of At Least $500 More Than 'Make Work Pay'
    Mar 4, 2009  - Many families forced to pay more than $1,300 in higher energy costs      FACT:             Peter Orszag , former CBO Director and current OMB Director, has verified that energy taxes designed to decrease carbon emission... More
  • Orszag: Energy Tax Will Cost Families An Average of At Least $500 More Than 'Make Work Pay'
    Mar 4, 2009  - Many families forced to pay more than $1,300 in higher energy costs      FACT:             Peter Orszag , former CBO Director and current OMB Director, has verified that energy taxes designed to decrease carbon emission... More
  • Markup of H.R. 598 - Amendments Offered by Republican Ways & Means Members
    Jan 23, 2009  -   More
  • The Democrats' Definition of Bipartisanship?
    Jan 23, 2009  - Outside of the White House today, Speak Pelosi claimed that Republican voices have been heard in the  discussion of the House Democrat's trillion-dollar spending bill. Majority Leader Hoyer went as far as to say, “This week, the Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees ... More