Kevin Brady

Mr. Speaker, it is clear I think to the listeners today that we are nearing Election Day. This is one of those ``scare America'' type motions that is designed to appeal to voters in the hopes that perhaps they do not understand the issue…

Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague that the national debt is an important issue that needs to be taken seriously. I know for much of my lifetime, under Democratic control of Congress, America begged legislators to balance the budget…

Mr. Speaker, the best thing we can do to pay down the debt is to make sure we are keeping revenues coming in to the Federal Government. We do that not by raising taxes on families and small businesses who can ill afford it. We do it by…

I do not think it is responsible to try to scare our citizens with 9, 10, 14, 15 percent interest rate predictions when we know that is not what Alan Greenspan said. And I think even though it is election year and people take great…

As an adoptive father, I think it is sad and really disgusting. Let me make this point on this bill, which is really the subject of today, which is adoptions build families. It provides love and hope where really none exists, both for the…

I think it is just the opposite. The problem we have is that there are too many American-need-not-apply signs around this world. We are not able to sell our products and our goods and our services across the world. American workers are the…

heaven is a little sunnier and little more optimistic with the arrival of one of the greatest American patriots and Presidents of the 20th Century, President Ronald Reagan. He inspired me, as he did many others. Across the country and…

the Abu Ghraib prison guards in Iraq betrayed their fellow soldiers and our Nation with their indefensible acts. But this past week in Washington watching some Members of the House and Senate exploit this behavior to degrade our entire…

let me say, too, I serve on the Committee on Ways and Means and like the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) have seen firsthand just how horrible a Tax Code we have. I knew it was bad before going on the committee. I had no idea just how…

I have to be honest, I have been real excited about this chance to talk about the fair tax because I think it really is the future of America. Let me just preface my remarks with the events of today. I was commuting from Texas to…

It really is, and I think as more Americans examine the fair tax, the more they get excited about it because I am convinced, as you are, that our kids do not have to live under the same complex, burdensome income tax code we have. The fact…

I rise in support of H.R. 1997, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and want to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for introducing it. Sadly, in America today an individual who commits a Federal crime of violence against a pregnant woman…

the husband paid in in one; the husband and wife paid in in both; and the husband and wife, the widow who paid her whole life, she gets less. Two classes of citizens in America. And nowhere do I know in America can one work one day…

because in America when both spouses pay into Social Security, the formula, the way it works, is that if their husband passes away, which normally happens first, she keeps all of her Social Security. Then she keeps all of his minus hers…

I rise on behalf of the 99 percent of the seniors in America who do not have a special loophole. I rise on behalf of the 99 percent of the widows in America who do not have a special loophole. What we are discussing today is a situation…

If you ever wonder why the American people have lost faith in politicians, all you need to do is look at this amendment. It is very disappointing. It is a cynical political stunt that hurts the unemployed in America, and it is shameful…

A teacher's Social Security should be based on the same thing every American's Social Security is based on: work history and contributions, not more and certainly nothing less.

Here we go again, trying to scare our seniors, privatizing, ending Medicare as we know it, all the phrases the pollsters have used and tested to make sure that we get a partisan message out rather than a drug plan for our seniors. The…

Mr. Speaker, here is a lesson on how to scare seniors in three easy steps: Tell them you are going to privatize Medicare. Do not tell them we are going to offer the same choices that Members of Congress have. Tell them we are going to…

Mr. Speaker, let us clear up the facts again so we do not continue to scare our seniors for political purposes. The fact of the matter is that the Medicare entitlement has not changed. Medicare seniors will be able to choose the same…

Medicare needs to change with the times. Our seniors deserve a Medicare that includes a modern prescription drug benefit, one that is voluntary so seniors can keep the good plans they already have, one that gives seniors the right to…

In the same setting, CBO estimates the premiums for fee-for-service Medicare may go down by $10 a month, or, at most, increase by $3 a month. It is much less variation than the CMS study that is cited here tonight. The fact of the matter…

I rise to make two points: one, to be in strong support of this conference report. Homeland security in this country is a massive challenge. This is a huge Nation, with so many risks. Yet we have put billions of dollars, unprecedented…

they say you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. By that measure, A.C. Barger of Centreville, Texas, lived a very rich life. He was a Korean War veteran and a successful businessperson. I knew him when I…

In conclusion, what does this trade agreement mean for America and for American workers? Our answer is, a lot for our future. In this agreement there will be new opportunities for workers, especially those in manufacturing-type companies…