Kevin Brady: “People often ask: How do you end the gridlock in Washington? The answer is found in the Constitution. The House of…”

“People often ask: How do you end the gridlock in Washington? The answer is found in the Constitution. The House of Representatives passes its best idea on how to solve a problem, the Senate does the same, and then you go to a conference committee to try to find common ground and to try to find solutions that advance the principles of both parties to try to solve big problems. The motion we passed earlier tonight was to start that open and transparent process of going to a conference committee and having representatives of the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats, come together to try to work out these issues. The underlying bill passed the House and the Senate earlier this summer. There have been a lot of, I think, very healthy discussions between both Chambers and both parties in how we find common ground. So this motion is to instruct those conferees; but in truth, what we are seeking is that open, transparent, I think, constitutional process where we listen to the ideas of, for example, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr.…”