Joint Hearing on How our Welfare System Can Discourage Work

The Subcommittee on Human Resources will hold a joint hearing on how certain welfare programs and related benefits can discourage work as a result of the high effective marginal tax rates they impose on certain populations. The hearing will be held jointly with the Subcommittee on Nutrition of the House Committee on Agriculture, which has jurisdiction over food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The joint hearing will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30 A.M.