News List

  • Boustany Statement: Hearing on the Administration of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
    Oct 22, 2009  - Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time.  I want to thank you for holding this hearing.  When the Ways and Means Committee and the tax code are used for purposes beyond raising the revenues necessary to fund the federal government – for instance, to pursue social and economic policy goals – the me... 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
  • Camp Statement on the Second Quarter GDP Estimate
    Jul 31, 2009  - Washington, D.C.- Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today made the following comment on the release of the advance estimate of the second quarter GDP: "Today’s GDP data simply confirms what American families already know – our economy is shrinking and causing thousands of Americans to lose their jobs... More
  • TARP shortchanges small business as banks hoard cash and don’t loan
    Jun 25, 2009  - On Oct. 3, 2008, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was signed into law. At $700 billion, this bank bailout was unprecedented. Perhaps more striking at the time, however, was the complete lack of meaningful guidelines, measurable benchmarks, and strings attached to the bailout money. In essenc... 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 Charles Boustany (R-LA)
    Jun 4, 2009  - (Remarks as Prepared)Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time.  I want to thank you for holding this hearing and for your leadership on a number of legislative initiatives on which we are cooperating, including our offers-in-compromise legislation as well as other projects.  As the new Ranking Memb... More
  • Opening Statement of Ranking Member Camp
    May 7, 2009  - (REMARKS AS PREPARED) Thank you for yielding, Mr. Chairman. I’m glad the Committee is getting to work early on Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing.  We all can agree that funding improvements to the nation’s airports and air infrastructure is vitally important to creating and sustaining econom... More
  • Boustany: Controlling Costs is Top Priority
    Mar 25, 2009  - Americans want Congress to pass meaningful legislation to reduce health costs, improve access to needed care, expand coverage and shore up the unstable Medicare program. Controlling rising costs remains the top priority on the health reform agenda. Rising health costs make health insurance c... More
  • Reichert Opening Statement: Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Borrowing and the Use of Federal Monies
    Mar 19, 2009  - (REMARKS AS PREPARED) Thank you, Chairman Lewis. I’d first like to recognize the absence of our Ranking Member on Oversight, Dr. Boustany, whose father passed away earlier this week.  The thoughts and prayers of all of our committee members are with him and his family. The Troubled Asse... More