Kevin Brady

On behalf of the Joint Economic Committee, I yield myself as much time as I may consume. This country is starved for truth-tellers, people in Congress who will just tell them what the problems are that this country faces, give them options…

I am convinced in the broader issue that we have to close the back door of illegal immigration so that we can keep open the front door of legal immigration.

I really appreciate Ms. Mithal's recommendation that we carry cash.

I am frustrated by the lack of prosecution.

On rollcall No. 250, I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' Stated against:

South Korea is a dynamic market and key ally in the Asia-Pacific region.

All three pending trade agreements are good agreements. The time to move forward with all three is now.

We either move forward or we fall backward; the choice is ours. Staying still is just not an option.

It is simply not a Republican view.

Aerospace is a great example; 92 percent of our aerospace exports will go duty free, upon implementation of the agreement.

I firmly believe that we should consider all of the three agreements by July 1st.

Implementation of agreements by other countries, and continued inaction on our agreement, will result in further missed opportunities to create American jobs.

Our goal is simply to speed up the Latin American agreements to catch up with the Korean agreement!

I would like to congratulate Senator Casey on the Chairmanship of the Joint Economic Committee.

Moreover, President Obama warns that reducing federal spending at this time will pose a threat to the current economic recovery.

President Obama believes that the federal government, not the free enterprise system, will lead the way in creating jobs.

My freshman colleagues and I were sent here to turn Washington's culture of spending on its head.

Many of those economists have been wrong.

Our debt is a threat to our national security.

Washington has lost touch with the American people--that was the lesson in November and yet some still refuse to listen.

Let me be clear: Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.

If we keep overspending, our interest payments will become an increasingly larger part of our budget.

We need to be a Congress that supports personal freedoms, individual liberties, and economic opportunities for all Americans.

there is no substitute for private investment to spur the economy.

I am disappointed that neither President Obama's budget nor the economic report really exhibited any urgency toward addressing our financial challenges in America.