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Kevin Brady

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Kevin Brady is a Republican politician from Texas, best known for his role as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served from 1997 to 2021. During his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he played a key role in shaping tax policy and economic legislation. Brady was instrumental in the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which aimed to reduce taxes for individuals and businesses. He has also been an advocate for various initiatives related to trade, healthcare, and education.

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Dec 3, 2009

Today's employment report again is bad news for American workers.

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Nov 18, 2009

The deficit is becoming frightening and threatens our economic recovery.

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Nov 18, 2009

The U.S. has the worst performance in terms of unemployment rate among the major developed economies since the stimulus bill was enacted.

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Nov 18, 2009

Unemployment skyrockets far past White House projections and promises.

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Nov 18, 2009

It is appropriate for the American people to assess how well this Administration's economic policies are working. They are not. They have failed.

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Nov 5, 2009

I fear that we may well be facing a 'job-loss' recovery as U.C.L.A. economist Lee Ohanian recently warned.

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Nov 5, 2009

This raises disturbing questions about the claims of the White House, and I think it underscores what we've said all along, that this Administration has lost all credibility about stimulus claims.

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Nov 5, 2009

For American workers, a jobless recovery is no recovery.

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Nov 5, 2009

The truth is, this is President Obama's stimulus, it is his budget, it is his bailout, it is his housing programs, and it's time, I think, to take responsibility for those actions.

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Nov 5, 2009

Clearly, we have a problem. Regarding the stimulus claims of 650,000 new jobs created or saved, there have been a series of investigative reports that reveal false reporting and corrupt data.

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Nov 5, 2009

Today's numbers are bad news for American workers. The unemployment rate has reached 10.2 percent, a 26-year high.

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Nov 5, 2009

we do need to stop punishing success in this country.

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Oct 28, 2009

Even with today's positive news, this is no time to be conducting an end zone dance.

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Oct 28, 2009

The stimulus is too slow, too wasteful, and too unfocused on jobs.

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Oct 28, 2009

While some may promote the stimulus as the savior of the economy, it is a claim only the Balloon Boy's dad would make.

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Oct 21, 2009

I believe the stimulus benefits are widely exaggerated.

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Oct 21, 2009

A jobless recovery is no recovery for American workers.

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Oct 21, 2009

Forty-nine out of fifty states have lost jobs since the stimulus took effect.

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Oct 21, 2009

The deficit this year is nine times greater than when control of Congress moved from Republican to Democrat control.

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Oct 1, 2009

One is, you in Congress are the problem.

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Oct 1, 2009

other countries are aggressively courting our investment.

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Oct 1, 2009

we do not have a Trade agenda right now.

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Oct 1, 2009

we have to sell American products and services throughout the world.

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Sep 23, 2009

I am not here today to bail out the newspaper industry. I am here to learn what that sustainable business model could be.

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Sep 23, 2009

I think the freedom of the press is too important to rely upon philanthropy or the government.

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