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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.
The United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement marks the first time the United States has entered an agreement with an Asian-Pacific nation of a free trade agreement. Because 99 percent of trade and goods with Singapore is already tariff…
What kind of partner will we have in free trade with Chile? The answer is, America will have a wonderful partner in trade. Chile has one of the fastest growing economies in the entire world. Over the last two decades, Chile has established…
Mr. Speaker, does it matter in all these discussions if we have a trade agreement with Chile or not? The answer is, if you care about American jobs, yes, it very much matters. The National Association of Manufacturers estimates that the…
I was present during this confrontation, not just present but the physically closest member to the incident. I saw it firsthand. I was not in the library or out of the room; I was there. First, I think the official transcript puts a lie to…
Mr. Speaker, Washington, as most Americans know, is simply not the real world. Here in Washington, budget increases are called cuts, $900 toilet seats are considered a bargain and, under this proposal, those who do not pay Federal income…
Let me point out that we care very much about working families and their children, so much so that in the last few years we have taken nearly 4 million families on the lower-income level and completely absolved them from the Federal income…
partial birth abortion is one of the more barbaric procedures of modern times. Doctors confirm it is never medically necessary. Never. So much so that it is not even taught in our nation's medical schools. Yet more than 3,000 healthy…
Common sense tells us the best way to balance the budget and pay down the debt is to get people back to work. Everyone knows when you are unemployed, you are not paying your Federal taxes, you are not paying any Social Security, you are…
I rise tonight, like many others, proud of our colleague and chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Larry Combest. They say that you make a living by what you get but you make a life by what you give, and by that measure Larry Combest…
common sense tells you the best thing we can do to balance the budget and pay down our debt is to get people back to work, because when you are not working, you are not paying Federal taxes, you are not paying into Social Security, you are…
My younger brother has been deployed as an Army medic in the 67th Brigade. He will be watching out for the 4th Infantry Division in the Persian Gulf, his second tour of duty. He does not have a loophole. He cannot work 1 day and collect…
I support this bill. Let me address my remarks toward the teacher loophole portion of this, because this is what we are discussing the most. I admire teachers. They are hardworking and incredibly dedicated, as we all know. They are my…
there is a great deal of misinformation being spoken today. This has nothing to do with our soldiers overseas, because they do not have a loophole; or our firefighters or police officers, because they do not have a loophole. This does have…
we are at war, and I think most taxpayers understand you spend what it takes to win a war. We are in a recession as well, and taxpayers understand you spend what it takes to keep people in their jobs and to create new jobs for those who…
we are right to be concerned about our teachers. They are overworked. They are underpaid. We are concerned about them. I think had it not been for study over the last year or so, I would be giving the exact same speech today as my…
clearing up a couple of misconceptions there, I would love to be able to tell my Texas teachers, whom I love, what they want to hear. But I respect them too much to do that. I want to tell them the truth. The fact of the matter is, this…
we have waited far too long to have the ability to sell American products overseas. It is just critical, critical to America's economy and jobs that we get back into the game, that we start to sell American products, because we have been…
this is an important night for the seniors in my community. I am proud the House is standing up for seniors who desperately need an affordable, permanent prescription drug plan under Medicare, and who need it right now. The House plan…
the facts show that the economy, as good as it has been, did not bring about the progress in reform and welfare that occurred. In fact, during the 1980s and even through the first 2 years of President Clinton's administration, we created…
the truth and facts are that when one is laid off, they do not pay into Social Security. If they do not have a job, they do not pay to preserve Medicare. If there is no means of income, they are not helping balancing this budget, they are…
I am a Houston area Congressman. Many of the Enron employees are my neighbors. They are good people, and they have lost their jobs and they have lost their retirement through no fault of their own. They do not have time to sit around…
one of the tenets in Washington is if your argument does not have substance, describe it as a loophole. The fact of the matter is Congress hates to admit its mistakes, and this debate tonight is proof. When Congress targeted unreported…
Social Security needs to be preserved once and for all. By passing this legislation which was introduced by the chairman of the Social Security subcommittee, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw), the House of Representatives will make a…
Both of these gentlemen have been leaders in trade, because it means jobs for Georgians, it means jobs for people in Michigan, it means jobs for people in Illinois. As you mentioned, Chile, an average person, just one of our neighbors will…
Does the gentleman not think it is a great source of frustration for America's heartland that they have answered the call to produce their food and their products more efficiently, cheaper, more affordably, more environmentally friendly…
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