Dave Camp

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Buchanan), a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reed), a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee.

The relative taxation of debt and equity has serious consequences for the economy and job creation, and it needs to be given careful consideration in the context of comprehensive tax reform.

I wanted to thank our witnesses for being here today, and also a special thanks to GAO for completing this report on abuse and neglect and maltreatment of children.

Any child's death is tragic, but the death of a child from abuse and neglect is especially troubling.

Our role here today is to be a voice for the voiceless, especially those children whose deaths are missing from official data today.

On rollcall No. 507 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ''no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Cicilline The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

While our major trading partners have spent the last two decades reducing their corporate tax rates, the U.S. corporate rate is actually higher than it was 20 years ago, and the rates that apply to small businesses are scheduled to go up…

I yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee, the chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, Mr. Brady from Texas. {time} 1700

I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee, the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would say that the Medicare trustees have said that Medicare goes broke in 2024. So if you support an unconditional debt limit increase, as 100 Democrats wrote to their leaders and asked to be…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am certainly concerned about the last 8 years, but I am more concerned about the last 2. I think we have got the third year in a row of trillion dollar deficits, a Presidential budget that…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. One hundred fourteen members of the other party signed a letter to the leader who just spoke and asked for an unconditional increase in the debt limit. I know that's not maybe a fact they want to…

At this time, I yield 2 minutes to a distinguished member of the Ways and Means Committee, the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Berg).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Last February, when the President submitted his budget for 2012, he did not provide any plan for reining in deficits and debt. The administration called for a clean increase in the debt limit, or…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, last December, the President's own Fiscal Commission offered a plan to rein in our budget deficits and debt. While I did not support the final package--especially the tax increases it…

I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) has 3 minutes remaining.

No, I will not yield. So I would say that by supporting an unconditional increase in the debt limit, as more than 100 wrote in a letter to their leaders, again, it would do nothing about preserving that program for the future. At this time…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just say during the 8 years of the Bush administration, the debt limit was raised seven times for a total of $5.365 trillion. According to the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, the…

It's been 25 years since we reformed the Tax Code, and almost 50 years since we undertook a bottom-up review of our international tax laws.

I just want to instruct the House, on this motion to recommit, it only affects title I of the bill. All of the tax provisions are in title II of the bill. So this does not affect any of the tax provisions in the legislation.

As the deadline for filing individual tax returns approaches, the time for simplifying and stabilizing the Tax Code for individuals and families is also upon us.

Contrary to what some in Washington believe, we cannot spend our way to prosperity.

If the pace of private sector job creation does not increase significantly, the national unemployment rate will remain unacceptably high for at least another 5 years.

We cannot spend our way to prosperity and job growth.