Kevin Brady

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I could not attend the vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 13. personal explanation

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. DesJarlais). Mr. DesJARLAIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that will replace the outdated North American Free Trade…

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Davidson), a manufacturing champion.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Hagedorn).

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Keller).

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Smith), the elite Republican leader of the Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee.

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar).

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse).

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a Main Street businessman and the Republican leader of the Oversight Subcommittee.

I include in the Record a series of statements in support of USMCA, including from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Business Roundtable, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), an outstanding technology leader on the Ways and Means Committee.

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney), a free-market conservative who is an outstanding chairman of the Republican Conference.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the outstanding Republican whip.

21 years ago this week, I spoke here on impeachment. Sadly, history will not treat Democrats well. They will forever be remembered as the Senator Joe McCarthys of our time, so blinded by their hatred of President Trump that they abandoned…

I would like to claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

At first glance, Mr. Kennedy's amendment sounds like a good idea. Of course Republicans don't want administration officials to have a conflict of interest in carrying out their official duties on behalf of the American people. But, in…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting Chair. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 minutes.

Let me talk about the underlying bill here. I was on the Ways and Means Committee when we worked with President Bush to create the first affordable drug plan for seniors. Then-leader Pelosi and Democrats tried their best to kill it. They…

Impeachment has really ruined most of these bipartisan efforts in healthcare, including the underlying bill. Democrats and Republicans were working well together. Speaker Pelosi shut it all down for this partisan, secretly written bill…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his strong leadership on this. It has been invaluable. Like impeachment, Speaker Pelosi's fewer cures bill was written in secret, highly partisan, and is dead when it goes to the Senate. The…

I am prepared to close after the gentleman from Arizona finishes his remarks. I reserve the balance of my time.

This is a good amendment. It would require H.R. 3 include a provision requiring each drug ad on TV to include the list price of the drug. I support this policy; Republicans do, as well. It is just a simple way to increase openness in…

This amendment requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to hospitals, including critical access hospitals, located in rural or medically underserved areas to establish and improve medical residency training…

Though I oppose the dangerous fewer cures act by Speaker Pelosi because it was written in secret, it is partisan and it will delay or kill the cures that our patients are hoping and praying for with Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, and so…

I would like to claim the time in opposition, even though I support the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.