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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 26, 2019

Can we do more to help grow the economy and fine tune the Tax Code so it achieves even more? Absolutely.

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Mar 26, 2019

U.S. manufacturing is back. After losing thousands of jobs during the Obama years, today 450,000 manufacturing jobs have been created under the Trump White House.

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Mar 26, 2019

Main Street America is back hiring more, paying more, and expanding more because the new 20-percent small business deduction.

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Mar 26, 2019

We care about poverty. Today Latino and African American poverty is at the lowest recorded.

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Mar 26, 2019

Repealing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as our Democrats have pledged, not only will damage the U.S. economy, kill jobs, reduce paychecks and send American jobs overseas.

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Feb 26, 2019

You really pulled back the curtain on China's trade practices and predatory trade practices.

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Feb 26, 2019

This is the first comprehensive approach I have seen, and the one I think holds the most likelihood for success.

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Feb 26, 2019

And finally, will there be an avenue for corrective action if China doesn't live up to its commitments?

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Feb 26, 2019

Will they be enforceable at all levels of China's governance?

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Feb 26, 2019

Will the agreement that you are negotiating with China have measurable commitments in it?

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Feb 26, 2019

You are taking a comprehensive approach by challenging China at the World Trade Organization in cases.

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Feb 26, 2019

This is the first serious, substantive attempt to change China's misbehavior.

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Feb 26, 2019

I look forward to today's discussion about the challenges we face in China and our demand for China to negotiate in good faith.

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Feb 26, 2019

Fairly traded goods should be excluded from our tariff actions, as should products that are otherwise unavailable to U.S. companies.

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Feb 26, 2019

I will continue to work closely with the President and his team to ensure we minimize the impact to the United States and our allies as we take on China.

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Feb 26, 2019

I am also encouraged that the Trump Administration is showing leadership in aggressively challenging China when it violates WTO rules.

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Feb 26, 2019

A high-standard, fully enforceable bilateral investment treaty with China can help us address many of these issues for the long term.

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Feb 26, 2019

China's unfair treatment of U.S. investors is a huge part of the problem that the U.S. Trade Representative's Section 301 report identifies in great detail.

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Feb 26, 2019

A new era of fairer trade between China and the United States is in everyone's interest.

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Feb 26, 2019

President Trump deserves significant credit for being the first President to confront China's unfair and predatory trade practices head-on.

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Feb 26, 2019

We can all strongly agree that China has cheated on trade for decades, severely harming American workers and businesses.

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Jan 28, 2019

I do believe that the Trump administration made some key moves over the last year, that have been almost a lifeline for some Americans who can't afford the Affordable Care Act.

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Jan 28, 2019

I am convinced we can do better to make healthcare more affordable and have access that patients need.

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Jan 28, 2019

Your belief and support for preexisting conditions is one of the reasons why Republicans fully support these preexisting conditions and no lifetime caps.

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Jan 28, 2019

It is clear the status quo of America's healthcare isn't working.

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