Kevin Brady

Have President Obama and Congressional Democrats met our demographic challenges and improved our long-term economic prospects, or have they diminished them through an ideologically driven expansion of the size and scope of the federal…

Have President Obama and Congressional Democrats spurred private investment and job creation with their 'stimulus' spending, or have their policies added costs and uncertainty that have weakened the recovery?

The question is, has the White House met its economic promises, and are we positioned for long-term growth?

I appreciate the effort, Mr. Speaker, by Chairman Levin to address the concerns of Ranking Member Camp and other Republican Members that were raised at our various hearings. And while the revised version addresses the WTO consistency…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6016, the Audit the BP Fund Act of 2010. I urge support for the bill that would provide for an ongoing independent Government Accountability Office investigation and audit of the operations of…

I support equal compensation for men and women, and our nation's laws that are in place to ensure women are not discriminated against in the work place.

I don't know how anyone could believe that the way to jump-start our stalled economy is to heap new taxes on the very professions and small businesses most critical to a recovery.

Where lax enforcement of our laws may exist, Congress should fulfill its duty in its role in conducting proper oversight.

The United States is 7.2 million payroll jobs short of the Democrats' promise.

I think leaving Congress without letting the will of Congress be held and be known, to put lawmakers on the record of whether they support these tax increases or not, whether they're serious about jump-starting the economy, I think, really…

Since February 2009, the private sector lost 3.1 million payroll jobs.

By the standards that the Obama administration set for itself, its stimulus plan has failed miserably.

The unemployment rate has never been below 8.0 percent and actually rose to 9.6 percent in August 2010.

I don't understand why Washington's pursuing the policies it's doing; that has produced a recovery three times weaker than 1981 and 1982.

For the first time since Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, financial market participants are actually questioning the long-term creditworthiness of the U.S. government.

the average Texas family will see increases, tax increase of about $3,000 a year

To add insult to injury, the President is coming to Texas next week to raise campaign cash but apparently does not have an hour--not even 15 minutes--to spare for our American workers whose jobs he is killing.

Despite their promises, the economic plan of President Obama and Congressional Democrats has failed to restore consumer confidence--a key element to economic recovery.

What about the energy workers who are losing their jobs due to the drilling moratorium the President has in place today?

So much for 'hope and change.'

if you take $3,000 a family out of people's pockets, they send it here to Washington rather than going to the local store

How can Congressional Democrats possibly be proud of these devastating economic failures?

As for jump starting the economy, it is now slowing and every sector has lost jobs, unless you're a government worker.

The signal this Democratic Congress is sending is clear: we'll spend whatever taxpayer money it takes to save a government job, the rest of you American workers can take a hike.

Why is it that only government workers, Commissioner, get a bailout?