Cite Concerns that Provisions Will Hinder Job Creation, Decrease Competitiveness of American Businesses Since Democrats introduced their latest version of H.R. 4213, “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act,” business leaders and organizations that represent millions of American businesses and their employees have voiced their opposition to the job-killing, deficit extending bill. These employers say that [...]

May 25, 2010 The Chicago Tribune: “Disclose and disclaim. Don’t select and silence. …the legislation tries to choose which political speech is legitimate and which is not. It would bar American companies that have as little as 20 percent foreign ownership from engaging in political speech. That would silence firms that are largely held by [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2010 Jim Billimoria or Sage Eastman (202) 226-4774 Republicans Call for Government Review of Obama Administration’s Misleading Brochure Washington, D.C. – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today sent a letter requesting that Government Accountability Office (GAO) Acting Comptroller General [...]

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that seniors will soon be receiving a health care information brochure that looks more like taxpayer-funded propaganda.  Recognizing that the vast majority of Americans, especially seniors, are opposed to their health overhaul, the Obama Administration has unleashed a public relations campaign aimed at Medicare beneficiaries and [...]

Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today questioned a new Health and Human Services mailing to Medicare enrollees, noting the document is highly misleading and a potential abuse of taxpayer funds. Camp said, “This goes beyond propaganda and is blatantly political.  If [...]

Saturday, 22 May 2010 13:40 WASHINGTON D.C. – Ahead of Rep. Joe Sestak’s (D-PA) appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press and CBS’s Face the Nation with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans today released a new video entitled: Honestly, They Both Can’t Be Right, So Who is Wrong? This [...]

SMALL BUSINESSES’ CONCERNS CONFIRMED: Health Care Tax Credit Nearly Impossible To Navigate, Offers Little Help and Encourages Wage and Job Cuts Click Here to See How to Navigate Through the Small Business Tax Credit Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Republican Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) today released [...]

 Hidden Consequences of the DISCLOSE Act WASHINGTON – Today, the Committee on House Administration’s Ranking Republican Dan Lungren, R-Calif., released a list of hidden consequences of the DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175), campaign finance legislation introduced by Democrats to counter the U.S. Supreme Court decision to block government attempts to ban books and restrict political speech. [...]

CAMP: “If it is bad for small businesses, it is bad for America,  and this health care law is bad for both.” Washington, DC – Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released the following statement on the announcement that the nation’s leading small business organization, NFIB, is joining 20 state attorneys general in seeking to invalidate the recently enacted [...]

New Poll Finds 37% of Osteopathic Physicians Would Not Accept New Medicare Patients Without Changes to Medicare Reimbursements Today, the American Osteopathic Association released survey results that found Medicare physician payment rate cuts will likely threaten seniors’ ability to find a doctor, corroborating the Medicare Actuaries report that drew the same conclusions. The cuts, scheduled [...]