The most recent press release, "Ways and Means Democrats Highlight Historic Year," was submitted on Dec. 21, 2021.
The U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means published 60 press releases the month before, marking a 26.7 percent decrease for the current month.
The Committee has control over all revenue-raising methods, along with programs like Social Security, unemployment insurance and health insurance.
In early 2022, the House Ways and Means Committee held the first hearing on America’s Mental Health Crisis in more than a decade. The meeting addressed rising depression and anxiety levels among adults since the pandemic began.
Press releases by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means in December 2021
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Ways and Means Democrats Highlight Historic Year | 12/21/2021 |
| Chairman Neal Statement on Rep. Murphy’s Decision Not to Seek Reelection | 12/20/2021 |
| Neal Applauds New Residency Slots for Rural and Underserved Communities | 12/20/2021 |
| Working Families Face Bidenflation’s Tinsel Tax | 12/20/2021 |
| Democrats’ Recipe for Higher Inflation | 12/20/2021 |
| Dems’ Spending is Burning Holes in Family Budgets | 12/20/2021 |
| W&M Analysis: Costs for Child Care & Nursery Schools Increased Under Dems’ Expanded Child Tax Credit | 12/20/2021 |
| Penn-Wharton: Bidenflation to Force Families to Pay $3,500 More in 2021 | 12/20/2021 |
| Letter: CBO Failed To Disclose How It Underestimated Cost of Biden’s Tax-and-Spend Bill | 12/20/2021 |
| Fact Check: AP, Tax Policy Center Ignore Revenue Increases from GOP Tax Cuts. | 12/20/2021 |
| Brady: Democrats’ Debt Ceiling Increase Makes Room for New Wasteful Spending | 12/20/2021 |
| Brady: Congress Must Remain United To Hold China Accountable for Human Rights Abuses, Unfair Trade Practices, Economic Coercion | 12/20/2021 |
| Brady: Ruling on Trump Tax Returns Empowers Democrats in Congress to Weaponize the Tax Code for Purely Political Purposes | 12/20/2021 |
| Neal Statement on Ruling in Tax Returns Case | 12/14/2021 |
| Neal Statement on House Sending Debt Limit Legislation to President Biden’s Desk | 12/14/2021 |
| IMF: U.S. Tied for Highest Level of Inflation Among Top 35 Developed Economies | 12/14/2021 |
| Toddler Tax Now Costs Families $27,000 as Democrats Push Washington Takeover of Child Care | 12/14/2021 |
| Price-mageddon: Historically High Number of Small Businesses Forced to Raise Prices | 12/14/2021 |
| Debunking Democrat Myths About the Child Tax Credit | 12/14/2021 |
| Americans Lose Three Years of Real Wage Growth to Bidenflation | 12/14/2021 |
| Democrats’ Toddler Tax Raises Child Care Costs by $13,000 a Year for Middle-Class Families | 12/14/2021 |
| CBO: Permanent Dem Tax & Spend Bill Costs About $5 TRILLION, Adds $3 Trillion to Deficit | 12/14/2021 |
| Brady: Biden Delivers Another Paycut for Workers, Families | 12/14/2021 |
| Letter: GOP Members Request Answers on IRS Tax Return Backlog Ahead of Upcoming Filing Season | 12/14/2021 |
| Brady: Biden’s $5 Trillion Bill Includes Over $400 Billion in Small Business Tax Hikes | 12/14/2021 |
| Chairman Neal Statement Following Meeting with UK Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 12/08/2021 |
| Neal Statement on House Action to Ban Goods Produced with Uyghur Forced Labor | 12/08/2021 |
| Chairman Pascrell Opening Statement at Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on The Pandora Papers and Hidden Wealth | 12/08/2021 |
| Brady: It Is Vital That We Stop the Scourge of Modern-Day Slavery in China | 12/08/2021 |
| Brady: This Debt Ceiling Is Being Lifted To Pay For Trillions of Wasteful Socialist Spending | 12/08/2021 |
| Brady: Democrats Hold Patients and Access to Local Doctors Hostage to Increasing Debt Limit on Children and Grandchildren | 12/08/2021 |
| Rep. Brady Congratulates Rep. Nunes on His Successful Career in Public Service | 12/08/2021 |
| Dems Can’t Spend $5 Trillion Over the Decade and Not Spur Inflation | 12/08/2021 |
| ADVISORY: Republican Meeting: “Democrats’ Tax Hikes Crush American Small Business” | 12/08/2021 |
| NYT: Yellen Still Supports IRS Surveillance Scheme | 12/08/2021 |
| The Average Family Has Lost About $377 A Month in Real Wages | 12/08/2021 |
| Brady: With “Miserable” Jobs Report, Biden Nearly a Million Jobs Short of Promises | 12/08/2021 |
| WaPo: Two Pinocchios on Yellen Claim that Dems’ Tax-and-Spend Bill is Paid For | 12/08/2021 |
| Neal Statement on House Vote to Avoid Medicare Sequester and Enable Debt Limit Action | 12/07/2021 |
| Chairman Larson Opening Statement at Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on “The Fierce Urgency of Now – Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust” | 12/07/2021 |
| Neal Statement on November 2021 Jobs Report | 12/03/2021 |
| Chairman Neal Applauds Biden Administration’s Commitment to the Advancement of Women and Girls Around the World | 12/03/2021 |
| Neal Statement on Passage of Continuing Resolution | 12/02/2021 |
| Chairman Blumenauer Opening Statement at Trade Subcommittee Hearing on Supporting U.S. Workers, Businesses, and the Environment in the Face of Unfair Chinese Trade Practices | 12/02/2021 |
