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Kevin Brady

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Kevin Brady is a Republican politician from Texas, best known for his role as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served from 1997 to 2021. During his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he played a key role in shaping tax policy and economic legislation. Brady was instrumental in the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which aimed to reduce taxes for individuals and businesses. He has also been an advocate for various initiatives related to trade, healthcare, and education.

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Mar 17, 2015

To do that under this President we will need more than 400,000 new jobs net every month for the rest of President Obama's term.

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Mar 17, 2015

Whatever the White House may do, this Congress is determined to lead.

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Mar 17, 2015

This is one of the worst economic recoveries in half a century.

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Mar 17, 2015

Although the recovery from the financially-triggered recession began five and one-half year ago, the U.S. economy regrettably remains stuck in second gear.

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Mar 17, 2015

This difference, the 'Growth Gap,' means our economy is missing $1.5 trillion in real GDP at this point in the recovery.

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Mar 17, 2015

the can has been kicked down the road both by Republican and by Democrat presidents and the clock is ticking

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Mar 17, 2015

It is their spouse and children that have to sell the business, or parts of it, just to pay Uncle Sam.

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Mar 17, 2015

Like many of you, I have been fighting to permanently repeal the death tax since my constituents first sent me here to Congress.

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Mar 17, 2015

We are missing 5.5 million jobs, enough to put everyone looking for work in 45 states back to work today.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Brat) to speak about health care and the Affordable Care Act.

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Feb 3, 2015

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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Feb 3, 2015

Frightened--in the days before this health care law was brought to the floor, Democrats were meeting in the White House in secret, cutting special deals, trying to find a way to pass this bill because they were frightened that if they did…

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), a veterinarian involved deeply in health care issues.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Pittenger), a small business person and a dynamic Member of our House of Representatives.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a businessowner who has provided health care to his workers and is a leader on the Ways and Means Committee.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Walters), a businesswoman and former State legislator who understands the harm of the Affordable Care Act.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Emmer), one of the new Members of the House of Representatives.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), one of the health care leaders on the Ways and Means Committee.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith), a new member of the Ways and Means Committee, who has quickly become a leader on health care issues.

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Feb 3, 2015

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer), a new Member of Congress and a former State legislator who helped lead the fight against the damage caused by the Affordable Care Act.

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Feb 2, 2015

We all agree that trade is good for America, because more trade means higher pay.

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Feb 2, 2015

We want to fix it for everybody, but with this Administration, in the past, we haven't had very high hopes.

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Feb 2, 2015

The last thing this economy needs is another whopping tax increase.

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Feb 2, 2015

So you would be, based on that, starting the work now to prepare for that ruling. Correct?

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Feb 2, 2015

But the court will not be ruling on that aspect, the ACA, beyond specifically the IRS ruling.

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