Home ownership is an integral part of the American dream, and the Tax Code has long provided a variety of incentives to make it easier for families to buy and own a home.

Never once did I have a client say to me, Pat, I want to buy this house because I can get a higher mortgage interest deduction.

If I own rental property and my taxes go up, I increase rents.

The more people, taxpayers, have deductions and credits, the more likely they are going to be subject to the AMT.

We also will examine HHS' efforts to implement the Democrats' healthcare law, which threatens to increase healthcare costs for American families.

The deadline to implement this law is just around the corner, and the American public needs much more information from this Administration.

I am encouraged that the President has signaled that he intends to include reforms to Medicare in this budget.

Whether the Administration will continue its unlawful and unprecedented pursuit to waive the work requirements that have helped welfare recipients replace welfare checks with paychecks.

I am interested in making the Tax Code work for families, instead of the special interests here in Washington.

I think there is a growing concern in Europe that it is a serious structural problem.

America's Tax Code is broken, and I am committed to working with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to fix it.

The Ways and Means Committee is committed to comprehensive tax reform that eliminates tax loopholes, simplifies the code, and lowers rates.