News List

  • Camp, Brady Urge Action on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
    Nov 20, 2009  - Washington, DC - Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today issued the following statement on the upcoming third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement this Sunday, November 22: Congressman Dave Camp said, “The P... More
  • Unemployment Claims Data Provide Another Painful Reminder that Democrats Promised Stimulus Would Deliver 3.5 Million Jobs But Only “Stimulated” 3.7 Million More Into Unemployment
    Nov 19, 2009  - Washington, DC – In reaction to the unemployment claims data released today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) noted that these statistics are “a painful reminder that the Democrats’ stimulus bill has failed to create jobs.” “Unemployment rates and claims are not just statistics; the... More
  • A Breast Cancer Preview
    Nov 19, 2009  - A government panel's decision to toss out long-time guidelines for breast cancer screening is causing an uproar, and well it should. This episode is an all-too-instructive preview of the coming political decisions about cost-control and medical treatment that are at the heart of ObamaCare. As recen... More
  • Boustany Statement: Joint Hearing on Food Banks and Charitable Giving
    Nov 19, 2009  - Chairman Lewis, thank you for yielding time.  I want to join with my colleagues in saying that as we approach the holiday season, we have grave concerns about how these difficult times are generating unprecedented need for life’s basic necessities: food, clothing, and shelter.  I also want to co... More
  • Linder Statement: Joint Hearing on Food Banks and Charitable Giving
    Nov 19, 2009  - Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. Republicans are all for promoting charitable giving to help those in need.  Private charity is the most effective and compassionate form of aid.  We all welcome the chance to promote more people helping one another, and look forward to hearing prop... More
  • Ways and Means Republicans Write to AMA; Say Democrats' Physician Payment Fix Bill is Not True Reform
    Nov 19, 2009  - Washington, DC – In a letter authored by Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) to the President of the American Medical Association (AMA), Ways and Means Republicans expressed support for dealing with looming cuts to physician payme... More
  • Aren’t Jobs Part of the “American Economy,” Secretary Geithner?
    Nov 19, 2009  - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill, said “If you look at any measure of the strength and stability and health of the American economy…it is substantially stronger today than when the President of the United States took office.”  That will come as a surpris... More
  • Johnson Statement - Hearing on Clearing the Disability Claims Backlog
    Nov 19, 2009  - Republicans and Democrats on this Committee have long worked together to make sure Social Security has the resources it needs to effectively administer their benefit programs.  During the last two fiscal years Social Security received funding at levels higher than the President’s request, along with... More
  • Ratify Korea trade pact
    Nov 18, 2009  - The South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement should be ratified, and soon, because of the initialing last month of a similar agreement between South Korea and the European Union. The EU-Korean free-trade agreement hasn't yet been formally signed or ratified, but it will be. Americans have their own ... More
  • Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the Operation, Impact, and Future of the U.S. Preference Programs
    Nov 17, 2009  - Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  International trade is a powerful engine for economic growth and job creation, as our experience here at home demonstrates.  One out of every five American jobs depends on trade, and as Ambassador Kirk notes, jobs supported by exports pay higher wages than other jobs.  For ... More