Kevin Brady

Obviously, for something to change, the view has to be that forcing people into the Affordable Care Act is more harmful to them than allowing them to stay on substandard plans, correct?

But, obviously, with the White House continuing to delay or change these, clearly, something is wrong or they would have left it in place.

But this is not a technical issue. I mean, until recently, both you and the President described these plans as substandard. As these plans still viewed as substandard?

Yesterday's decision by the White House to allow canceled insurance plans under the ACA to continue past the election, was that primarily a political decision?

Very briefly, my friend from Georgia is a good man. I am surprised there aren't regulations about when you can send your kids up to clean their rooms again. Look, this is just saying to Washington: tell us what your goal is-- how you are…

This rule will destroy the foundation of the 40-hour workweek that's the backbone of the American middle class.

The head of United Food and Commercial Workers says it is happening, so the facts are already starting to show up.

If you don't think this 30-hour mandate isn't hurting workers and cutting hours, you're in deeper denial than Justin Bieber.

We're not all blessed with equal talents, but in America, we should all have an equal chance to climb the ladder of success--driven upward by our personal initiative, and not burdened by the deadweight of a bloated government.

Economic mobility is very much alive. In America today the children of the poorest are more likely to climb up the ladder of success than the children of the wealthy are likely to stay where they are.

The challenge that we face today is too many Americans no longer believe the ladder of success is available to them.

The American people are deeply dissatisfied with the President's leadership on the economy.

The unemployment rate has declined from its peak of 10.0% in October 2009 to 6.7% today.

The best monthly private sector jobs report of the Obama recovery is lower than the equivalent of the average private jobs report of the Reagan recovery.

The measure of America's compassion is not how long we provide unemployment benefits, but how soon we get people into good-paying jobs.

The decline in the unemployment rate is largely due to falling labor force participation.

It would tend to surprise me, sir.

Sir, I think it would be best to answer that by saying that if someone wants to act like an insurance agent, there is a rigorous pre-licensing examination process and pre-educational process that they have to go through.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Improving the defective Web site won't prevent millions of Americans from walking to their mailbox only to find the healthcare plan they have and like is canceled because of the Affordable Care Act.

I think this is an important issue, it hasn't been highlighted much, but it is a real concern for the families who don't fit into the box, as Washington likes to do.

I don't think many of us are worried about the insurance companies. We are really worried about the process of does that local doctor--are they assured that they are actually going to see reimbursement.

My Democratic colleagues repeatedly promised the ObamaCare exchanges would deliver a new, competitive marketplace that made it easy to shop for insurance, but the reality is far from that.

Improving the defective Web site won't make ObamaCare premiums more affordable.

The Affordable Care Act's fundamental problem can't be fixed with better marketing.