Kevin Brady

We don't need hyperbolic statements to motivate to us action.

Medicare's finances are strong.

There is no simple fix to the question of increasing health care.

To me, 2 years is equivalent to the Titanic hitting the iceberg an hour later.

The new Medicare Trustees report confirms this important program remains in deep financial trouble, with only 13 years left of solvency in the main trust fund. Democrats and Republicans recognize one solution to extending the life of…

Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced the fourth in a series of hearings to explore bipartisan proposals.

We want our companies competing in every corner of the globe and winning.

The testimony clearly reveals the need to fix this broken Tax Code and make America far more competitive.

This is about abuse of power.

And what you have described is the long arm of the Federal Government coming in to you, coming in to your organization, and essentially telling you, we'll tell you what to think, we'll tell you how to pray. Heaven help us. Heaven help us.

I think what is the most alarming and what is the most scary is that when you allow the government to go so far and you don't stop them, they go farther.

Our first hearing revealed a number of significant abuses, or potential abuses, of power by the IRS.

I think the Fed played a critical role in calming the financial crisis.

I do not know that I agree with the assertion that everything good in the economy... has occurred because of adroit monetary policy.

In the near term, these extraordinary monetary actions become an enabler of bad fiscal policy, allowing President Obama and Congress to avoid the tough and necessary decisions.

The President's new health care law is creating a great deal of uncertainty and impacting job hiring today.

At this point, the patient ought to be out of the hospital, done with rehab, and playing baseball with its kids.

The Fed's extraordinary monetary actions pose three risks to our economy.

I just believe that at this point in the recovery, while it is very fragile, it really is the fiscal roadblocks... that are really key to getting this economy going.

I think monetary policy has limits, and QE, quantitative easing, has run its course.

I do not question the intention of current Fed policy to fulfill its dual mandate, but I question the policy's effect on employment, and I worry about its future risks.

I think we are all agreed that those kinds of things and the kind of delivery system reform that we have all been talking about is key.

The urgency cannot be overstated. And yet we want to build on what we know works, and we want to do what we can to eliminate that which we know does not work.

The current Medicare spending trajectory is unsustainable. There is bipartisan recognition that modifying seniors' cost-sharing is appropriate and can be done in a way that maintains access to critical healthcare services. Medicare is fast…

I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the President's budget and other bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare.