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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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  • Camp Announces Request for Federal Funding for Cass River Project
    Nov 20, 2009  - U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) announces a request to fully fund the Cass River Levee Project to prevent seasonal flooding in Spaulding Township.  His request was submitted to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for inclusion in the Water Resources Development Act of 2010. “The... More
  • Camp Introduces Solar Jobs Creation Legislation
    Nov 18, 2009  - Today, U.S. Representatives including Rep. Dave Camp, R-MI, helped introduce bipartisan legislation to boost solar panel manufacturing in the United States. U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-MI, co-sponsored the bill, H.R. 4085, with Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) which will offer a significant tax credit... More
  • Democrats' health bill to raise health care costs by $289 billion
    Nov 17, 2009  - Health care costs will increase by $289 billion if the House Democrats' health bill was enacted, according to the nonpartisan, independent experts at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) rel... More
  • Camp honors and thanks our Veterans at 4th District Wreath-Laying Ceremony
    Nov 11, 2009  - (Remarks as prepared) This Veteran’s Day, we honor the men and women who served America so valiantly to defend our freedom and protect our country. As a nation, we gather today in towns across America to say thank you to more than 24 million men and women who have bravely served in times of ... More
  • Camp votes against Democrats' $1 trillion government takeover of health care
    Nov 6, 2009  - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today voted against Speaker Pelosi’s one-trillion dollar government takeover of health care. Following the House vote, Camp issued the following statement: “Speaker Pelosi chose not to listen to the American people and instead forced through a bill... More
  • Camp votes to prohibit taxpayer money from funding abortions
    Nov 6, 2009  -  Upon passage of the Stupak amendment to the Democrats’ health care bill, U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, R-MI, released the following statement: “I supported the Stupak Amendment as a person who believes in the Right to Life, but also because I believe taxpayers who oppose abortions on morally or reli... More
  • Camp Lead Author of The Republican Health Care Bill to Lower Health Care Costs
    Nov 6, 2009  - Having spent the past nine months developing a comprehensive health care reform package, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today introduced the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Accountability Act.  The legislation will serve as the Republican alternative to the health care bill ... More
  • Camp floor remarks on HR 3962
    Nov 6, 2009  - Mr. Chairman, Republicans have listened to the American people; it is clear from the Speaker’s health care bill, the Democratic majority has not. The Speaker crafted this bill behind closed doors and added one-thousand pages that have never been before a committee or had any input from the Ame... More
  • PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
    Nov 6, 2009  - Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming t... More
  • House, Camp, extend unemployment, tax credits that will help homebuyers and America’s small businesses
    Nov 5, 2009  - The House today passed a bill that will help American families even more by extending unemployment benefits for an additional 20 weeks in 29 states that, like Michigan, have more than 8.5 percent unemployment. Michigan’s unemployment is the highest in the country at 15.3 percent.   Camp s... More