Kevin Brady

The recovery will continue to be subpar as businesses delay critical hiring and investment decisions due to the uncertainty generated by President Obama and Congressional Democrats

The government promised you health care. When forced to buy the government-approved plan or face the tax man, you complied. But the cost didn't go down, it went up; it's the highest ever. It takes now 3 months to see a doctor. And when you…

I'm trying to recall who was in charge of Congress when President Clinton had that surplus.

The unemployment rate continues to be so stubbornly high is not in the job losses, it's in the lack of job creation.

I am convinced our economic recovery is sluggish and subpar in comparison to how we have responded to past severe recessions.

I am puzzled by the President's economic approach. I don't know what you call it. Maybe blamenomics.

Today's employment report is more bad news for American workers and their families.

We were promised if we passed that $800 trillion--billion dollar Stimulus that unemployment would be no higher than 8 percent.

We're delaying key business decisions, investment decisions, and hiring decisions because of forcing through this health care takeover.

I just think it is important that we not be trying to spin these numbers in advance when we just know they are headed in the wrong direction.

Earlier this week the White House attempted to sort of spin the bad numbers in advance, knowing that their policies have failed our economy miserably.

The uncertainty in America among job creators in the public is palpable.

We are seeing that in proposals to punish U.S. energy companies who produce jobs and invest here in the United States.

What we're not looking for is false hope, and especially one that would drive an agenda of more spending, health care mandates, tax increases.

We are worse than the European Union. We are falling behind countries like South Korea.

The snow storms, localized snow storms, would distort the unemployment and jobs numbers of today.

I think we can do better than this.

Higher taxes, health care mandates, and dangerous levels of debt is the real reason businesses are delaying key investment and hiring decisions.

The stimulus has worked.

The United States is at an economic crossroads.

Consumers are frightened by the debt and their job future and are understandably reluctant to spend.

As Congress, as a legislative body, we must consider what we can do to encourage the private sector to help create jobs.

The economy remains the number one issue for Americans and my constituents in Texas.

The White House and this Congress have taken their eyes off the economic ball.

I applaud President Obama for finally turning to our most pressing domestic challenge--the unemployment crisis--by hosting a jobs summit.