Kevin Brady: “tonight, it is our opportunity to talk about the tax burden that families in America unfortunately must pay. I have…”

“tonight, it is our opportunity to talk about the tax burden that families in America unfortunately must pay. I have enjoyed serving on the Ways and Means Committee because for many years, as I've told my wife, I get to go to work each day trying to cut taxes from families and small businesses so they have less of a burden. It seems to me we have an overtax, and we are an overtaxed Nation. Most families pay more in taxes than they do for food and housing and clothing combined. Many families work, and most workers work into June and July, actually, after July 4th, before they have paid all their taxes. They don't start working for themselves until almost the seventh month of every year. And just think about each of the days our families live. You wake up in the morning and you take a shower and you pay a water tax. If you get a cup of coffee, you pay a sales tax. If you drive to work, you pay a gas tax. At work you pay two taxes, an income tax and a payroll tax.”