Kevin Brady

I believe you are the only person in America who is capable of understanding these regulations.

It is very clear now that the President's health care law, as it was written and even with the President's extensive modifications, is not working.

I think that is critical, as well. So, thank you, Ambassador, for the work you are doing.

trade is economic freedom. It is the ability to buy and sell and compete around the world with as little government interference as possible.

The slow-growth economic policies pursued by President Obama bear responsibility for this Growth Gap.

I have introduced legislation to reform the Federal Reserve.

I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would ask Members to address their remarks to the Chair and not to others in the second person.

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Each side has 5 minutes remaining.

I am really pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a gentleman who is one of the newest members of the Ways and Means Committee. He is a businessman, but he is a real fighter for Pennsylvania's seniors…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Boustany), a physician and a key member of the Ways and Means Committee. I cannot describe how much of an important role he has played in finding this new solution to how…

Enough really is enough. The unfair way Medicare pays our local doctors to treat our seniors has gone on for far too long. It is making it harder for seniors to see a doctor they know and who knows them. It is chasing local doctors out of…

That is a five-year goal, of course, of doubling exports by the end 2014 in order to support two million jobs.

I urge him to work with Congress to grow the economy in ways that have been shown to work.

The law very clearly makes the case that tax credits are available only to individuals who are enrolled through the exchanges.

The law is very plain, only people enrolled in exchanges are eligible for tax credits.

How is it fair that you delayed this law because it is unworkable for businesses of all sizes, but it is not workable for families? Why aren't they getting the same treatment?

In closing, I would like to reference the title of this bill, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders. Democrats and Republicans coming together today are here to make sure that is the law of the land. We are protecting…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis).

Part of the reason we are having a record surplus this year--not a surplus, but record revenues this year is because we did increase taxes 25 percent.

I hope you are not considering going after more passthrough entities that are the job creators of America.

The law is not working as was promised, and yet the President's budget doubles down on this law and requests another $1.8 billion for its implementation.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Lance), another champion of firefighters and emergency responders.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Renacci), another one of the new, young leaders on the House Ways and Means Committee.

I would like to begin by first rising in support of this bill, the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta), the author of this very important bill.

As we close, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), the author of this bill.