WASHINGTON, DC – Today Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced additional members of his senior staff team for the Ways and Means Committee. Allison Halataei will serve as General Counsel and Emily Schillinger as Director of Communications. Named as subcommittee staff directors are Amy Shuart for Social Security and Anne DeCesaro for Human Resources. “We’re building an ...
WASHINGTON, DC — House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) sent a letter to the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Andrew ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following statement during the meeting of the Conference Committee for the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (HR 644). Following are Chairman Brady’s remarks, as prepared for delivery: "This conference reaffirms our commitment to re-establishing regular ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican and Democratic lawmakers today expressed strong optimism that they will soon introduce a legislative proposal to help strengthen the retirement security of working families and ensure retirement advisors protect their clients' best interests. As bipartisan concerns continue to grow over a regulatory proposal by the Department of Labor that many fear ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the November jobs report. "Today’s job report shows 211,000 jobs were added in November and the unemployment rate remained steady at 5%. While it’s welcome news more Americans have found work, we can do much more to kick this economy into high ...
WASHINGTON, DC —Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement on the passing of Shirley Melton Johnson, beloved wife of Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson. “Our hearts are broken by the passing of Shirley, our good friend Sam Johnson's beautiful wife. Shirley’s unwavering devotion to Sam mirrors his devotion to our ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to Speaker Ryan's address at the Library of Congress in which he addressed the need to create jobs and increase wages through tax reform. "It's exciting that we have a speaker who is absolutely committed to fixing this broken tax code. I intend to marshal the ...
Excerpt: Pursuant to Rules X and XI of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means are continuing to conduct oversight of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), including the Act's cost-sharing reduction ("CSR") program. To read the letter to HHS, ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after he, together with Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Dave Reichert (R-WA), were named House Conferees for H.R. 644 – Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. “All three Ways and Means Republican conferees have served as chairman of the Trade Subcommittee and ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on the final recommendations recently issued by the OECD on their Base Erosion and Profits Shifting (BEPS) project. "Good Morning. This hearing is called to order. You might remember this Subcommittee was formerly ...