Kevin Brady

It would be wonderful if the EPA's right hand knew what its left hand was doing, so that when we make these types of investments, we can actually meet the Clean Air standards we all want to meet.

Most recently, it's denied increasing the assured and safe supply of crude oil from our ally, Canada, through the Keystone pipeline to American refineries.

While the President has touted an 'all of the above' energy policy, his actual policies have been anything but that.

America is experiencing an energy revolution with the potential to become the largest energy-producing country on the planet.

Volunteer fire fighters are essential to our nation's safety and security.

As long as we provide deductions for state and local income taxes, we clearly out of fairness ought to do the same for state and local sales taxes.

Not only do we risk the loss of R&D innovation in America, but our Tax Code, when these companies compete around the world, they are punished to bring home those profits.

We are buying a car but we are only driving it one month installment at a time.

You do not raise taxes in a recession, which is why we have not and why instead we have cut taxes.

More than 800,000 Washingtonians alone would be subject to this unequal treatment if the deduction is not extended.

This is not just rhetoric. In North Dakota, we have seen it work, and we have also seen what uncertainty can do to disrupt positive growth.

The Administration has thwarted oil and gas development on federal lands and offshore.

The administration has thwarted oil and gas development on federal lands and offshore.

The President also risks the jobs of American energy workers by threatening punitive tax treatment of energy manufacturing.

While the President has touted 'all of the above' energy policies, the actual policies have been anything but that.

I think you are substituting the administration's judgment for that of Congress.

We have fewer Americans working today than 3 years ago.

Are you ignoring the intent of Congress, or in this election year, are you playing politics with such an important issue?

The law we passed, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, clearly said the first 10 States to meet the criteria laid out in that new statute would receive the waivers.

That is why when Republicans and Democrats passed the payroll extension bill, it included important reforms to unemployment.

I would be surprised if many States, frankly, step up now, given the fact it is now top down rather than innovation up.

I want to first thank Leader Cantor for his leadership on economic issues, especially those along Main Street. That's what this is about. This isn't about Paris Hilton, Larry Flynt, or even Hilary Rosen, the President's top adviser, who…

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy), one of the key new members of the Joint Economic Committee who understands you can't tax your way back to a strong economy or to a balanced budget.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Mulvaney), again, another key freshman member of the Joint Economic Committee and also a member of the Budget Committee who understands, again, what it takes to get…

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to a key member of the Joint Economic Committee and of the Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the most knowledgeable on health care, a physician who has delivered more than 3,000 babies, the gentleman…