Kevin Brady

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from North Carolina (Mrs. Ellmers), who serves on an important Small Business Committee and who is a nurse and understands our health care challenges in America.

For hardworking taxpayers, a decline in the dollar's purchasing power is the same as a cut in pay.

Price stability reduces uncertainty and encourages entrepreneurs to make investments in new buildings, equipment, and software and hire more workers.

A sound dollar is a necessary prerequisite for maximizing economic growth and job opportunities for hardworking American taxpayers.

Many Members of Congress didn't have the time or the choice to read this new health care law before it became law. After it was passed, I asked our economists of the Joint Economic Committee--they spent 4 months going through every page…

I thank the chairman. I will be very brief. This board has unlimited power to slash even more than that, and Congress is virtually powerless to stop it. This is America. We don't allow these bureaucrats to make these life- or-death…

I strongly support the passage of this bill. When China repeatedly undermines the free market by subsidizing its exports to the United States, we can't just give them a pass, especially when the businesses China subsidizes are often…

In fact, in the corporate tax reform framework, the President recently proposes to double tax the income of certain unspecified large pass-throughs.

The President or at least the White House views LIFO as some type of accounting gimmick, some type of subsidy loophole that businesses apply to.

The first step is passing these agreements, but to get the benefits, we need to get them entered into force.

Clearly, with the passage of the three trade agreements, America is back on the trading field in a big way, but it is important that we not return to the sidelines.

We need an aggressive agenda that finds new customers for our businesses and our farmers, that tears down trade barriers and fights protectionism anywhere in the world.

We would not have been able to pass the trade agreements with Korea, Panama, and Colombia without it.

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

This amendment has been defeated so many times on the House floor, it's like one of those bad ``American Idol'' tryouts. And there is good reason for it. It is as Chairman Hastings said. In the 1990s, we wanted to encourage more…

I just want to reiterate the point we've been making. The goal of this amendment is not simply to break America's contract, it's really to stop American companies from investing here in America, and creating jobs from clean natural gas…

America is at its best when we're not hypocritical and when we don't shoot ourselves in the foot. This Markey amendment does both. We insist that China play by the rules. In fact, they've been hoarding their raw materials and holding them…

Rather than protecting the middle class, I would suggest this budget will saddle the middle class.

Mr. Chairman, today I want to take a moment to honor one of our heroes amongst us.

I understand the President's claim that everyone must pay their fair share, but what I don't understand is how raising taxes on investors and small businesses accomplishes that objective.

This dubious distinction makes it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need the jobs.

I think we all understand that this White House's spending is not free.

It looks like we will see a unicorn before we see this administration put out a comprehensive tax reform plan.

It seems to me that in America, no matter how much money you make, the Federal Government should not be able to take nearly half of your income.

Who is going to pay off the debt? Who is going to balance the budget after you tax all of these other people?