Kevin Brady

I think we can do better than this.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

This past week was the 1-year anniversary of the so-called ``stimulus bill''--$862 billion--every dime of it borrowed from the future and from our grandchildren. When that bill was rushed through the House with almost no time to study it…

the stimulus has worked.

These congressional Democrats just aren't listening. After Massachusetts, voters sent a signal on behalf of this country of no more spending, we are too deep in debt, a here-we-go-again. And when they sent the signal that government should…

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

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

The United States is at an economic crossroads.

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 sooner I think Washington gets a handle on its debt which scares consumers, stops promoting higher taxes which scares businesses, and starts looking at real incentives for business investment, only then will the private sector be able…

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

Instead of 'focusing like a laser beam' on the unemployment crisis, President Obama and congressional Democrats have spent most of this year promoting misguided initiatives.

Congress and this White House are frightening the horses. It needs to stop, because it is the private sector, not the government, that will move America into a sound economic recovery.

the truth is the greatest hurdle to our recovery continues to be businesses' reluctant to add new workers with Washington contemplating higher health care costs, energy costs, more regulation, and new taxes.

The lack of job creation has caused an unemployment crisis for our country.