Dave Camp

The fact that large amounts of government debt slow down job creation should not be lost on lawmakers.

The Federal Government has grown so large it is casting a dark shadow over our recovery.

Today the House considers H.R. 4, legislation repealing one of the job-killing tax increases enacted in the Democrats' health care law last year. This legislation provides a pathway to achieving a goal that is shared by Republicans and…

I rise in strong support of H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Reduction Mandate Elimination Act of 2011. There's not a single issue that I hear more about from Washington State businesses than the 1099 requirement that made its way into…

I appreciate that language: to get back to what they tried to do in the first place. Let's look at what they did in the first place. Their bill, their original bill, said anyone who earned more than 400 percent of poverty--that's $93,800…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments, particularly at the opening of your remarks when you spoke of your involvement in this issue for more than a decade. And the problem we have is we've run out of time. Really, since 2009 when EDNA was…

I very much appreciate the gentleman yielding. And I just want to comment, the gentlewoman from Illinois mentioned about her 12-year involvement in this issue. In fact, she and I worked very hard in 2006 to get the first funding for the…

I appreciate the gentleman's words and also his commitment to try to work together to resolve this issue, and I appreciate the arguments he is making. But the concern on the economics argument is that the damage to the Great Lakes, if this…

Today I offer an amendment that is long overdue. Last June, a live bighead Asian carp was discovered 6 miles from Lake Michigan, north of the locks and well past the electric barrier. This discovery shows that Asian carp, one of the…

This hearing will give us an opportunity to examine the Democrats' new health care law, its implementation, and the resulting cost increases and market disruptions already being felt across the country.

So every time we hear folks talk about government takeover of health care, it is interesting, it is not good enough for the American consumer, but it is okay for Members of Congress to continue to get government-sponsored health care.

It is the Committee's responsibility to oversee the Medicare program and to fully understand the impact the recently enacted health law will have on the seniors and disabled Americans who rely on it.

I do think it is important to note for the record that the Republican plan on health care that was introduced in the Congress was the only plan that was scored by the Congressional Budget Office that reduced premiums across the board, did…

Employers have repeatedly expressed their concerns about the effects of the Democrats' health care law.

his comments about the need to act on a bipartisan basis to reform the Tax Code were right on point.

This hearing marks the beginning of a dialogue that the President and the Congress--both Republicans and Democrats--must have with the American people about broad-based tax reform that will allow families to thrive and employers to create…

The majority party has had large bipartisan majorities in the Senate and the House and controlled the White House for the last 2 years. And as we know, in the House, the majority can pretty much do what they want, as was demonstrated with…

This House--the people's House--has a simple choice today: raise taxes on families and small businesses or prevent a massive job-killing tax increase from going into effect a mere 16 days from now. If you think our economy can handle…

We've heard a lot of debate on floor this evening, but let's look at what the employers and economists are saying about this legislation and this agreement. The National Federation of Independent Business, the largest organization in the…

The national unemployment rate is 9.8 percent. The unemployment rate in my home State of Michigan is 12.8 percent. America is desperately in need of jobs, and American workers need Congress to focus on legislation that will help create…

Mr. Speaker, I would just say and comment on my friend's remarks that this is not about giving anybody a tax cut. This is about preventing a tax increase in a time of great unemployment that has gone on, as I said in my remarks, for more…

The unemployment rate in October, the latest data available, was 9.6 percent. That marked 15 consecutive months we are at or above 9.5 percent unemployment in this country, the longest period since the Great Depression. All told, 48 out of…

I also have a petition, a coalition letter sent to us by over 1,300 businesses, trades, and local Chambers of Commerce urging that we extend the current tax policy for all Americans and prevent a tax increase from going into effect. Let me…

I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this important bill, which includes a wide mix of policies recently sent to us by the Senate. Portions of this bill make sense, including extending welfare programs and reducing erroneous…

And I would just say I listened very carefully to the majority leader's well-reasoned arguments. And if, in fact, this bill were going somewhere, they would have made a great deal of sense. But we know now that the Senate will not take up…