Kevin Brady: “Mr. Speaker, the best thing we can do to pay down the debt is to make sure we are keeping revenues coming in to the…”

“Mr. Speaker, the best thing we can do to pay down the debt is to make sure we are keeping revenues coming in to the Federal Government. We do that not by raising taxes on families and small businesses who can ill afford it. We do it by getting this economy growing, by reducing the amount of spending and, in fact, doing away with the obsolete Federal agencies and all the programs that duplicate each other where we waste so many of our hard-earned tax dollars in Washington and in Federal programs. The fact of the matter is, the reason we went into deficit is that the economy took such a hard hit. And I think we fought back the right way. When you look at the attacks of 9/11, when we look at the recession President Bush inherited and when we look at the WorldComs and Enrons that hurt so many of us with jobs, what Republicans in Congress did to fight back was to provide tax relief for families and small businesses and people who live on a retirement income. Our principle was simple: If we want to create jobs in Kansas, if we want to create jobs in Texas, if we want to create jobs in America, then leave the money in Kansas, in Texas, in America, so it can turn around in our economy and so it can be spent on Main Street and so we can help families balance their budget and get this economy growing. And it is working.”