Kevin Brady

Today, Mr. Speaker, America lays to rest an excellent journalist and a better father. It was with great sadness that the friends of Charles Peter Thobae learned that he had passed away Monday, May 4, in Houston, Texas. A journalism…

a lot of Americans look at our government and conclude that many of the things it does simply make no sense. The marriage tax penalty certainly falls into that category. The Federal Government has actually set up the system that taxes…

I sometimes wonder why investigations take so long around here. Maybe you do as well. I know that the White House has insisted that they are cooperating fully with the various investigations and investigators charged with finding out the…

this week is a special time in our country. It is designated as National Crime Victims Rights Week. It is an opportunity to try to begin to balance the scales of justice that are weighted so heavily in favor of the accused and so lightly…

on a radio quiz program that premiered this day back in 1940, America first heard the phrase, ``the 64-dollar question.'' At that time that was pretty good money and a lot of listeners tuned in. Of course, it was just a few years after…

And to follow that point just a little farther we have now, we are entering the 21st century, and every part of our life it seems is changing. Every industry, every profession, every small business has undergone a great deal of change, but…

To follow on what the gentleman said, we have been fighting big government since the very beginning. Our Founding Fathers and mothers did know there would be a struggle. The other day in reading a book on Thomas Jefferson, I stumbled…

If I may continue on with that, I made a point about how good bureaucracies are playing the game up here. They are so much better than us citizen legislators will ever be. As you know, just in my first term, I have already observed the…

thank goodness that the practice of salting is not applied to Members of Congress, because if the equivalent of salting were applied to us, we would easily see this scenario: If a Democratic Congressman or woman with a strong, proud…

I believe we should have been doing, which is to deliberate, to study and to review and to move carefully into a process that may result in a very considered vote on an impeachment inquiry.

I yield to him let me share with those who frankly have maybe come to a conclusion in the direction that the President should be impeached to understand our frustration and hopefully see this not as a defense of one man, but how somber and…

He did not receive or nor did he attempt to receive judicial assent, such as it was, sought by the independent counsel prior to sending the referral to Congress and to do anything to assure fairness

s silence during the holocaust. Last year the Japanese apologized to the Comfort Girls in Korea. Apologies are breaking out all over. So why is it that it is such a horrible thought to have the present government of America apologize for…

the gentlewoman from Texas and the gentleman from California (Mr.

As I finish, let me simply say there is much to say here about how we proceed, but I certainly hope as we engage in this debate that we engage in it not classifying people for their party affiliation, for what part of the country they may…

I think we can all agree that the Declaration of Independence which declared us independent was actually the promise and the Constitution, working through a very difficult process, was the fulfillment.

I think, captured the document we now call the Constitution, for obviously writing in 1775 and before, we know that now in 1998 those pages would be parched.

the gentleman from Michigan in 1974, many fine persons; Father Drinan, in fact, who has written articles to suggest that his experience shows no impeachable offenses.

I think we ought to pay attention as Members of Congress to the flood of mail, the calls, e-mail.

the gentleman from Illinois (Chairman Hyde) and I jointly sent a letter to him asking him in effect, for goodness sakes, if Page H9673 there are any other materials, you could not be holding them back at this date in your fifth year.

the gentleman from New York for his very fine kindness.

the gentlewoman from Texas and thank her very much for her important contribution.

I think, I hope that I was defending at that time or at least proceeding to comment both constitutionally and as an American.

This strikes at the very premise of constitutionality and the basis upon which I frankly think that we should proceed

as my colleagues know, a terrible tragedy occurred on Tuesday in Karachi, Pakistan. A car containing four Americans from Houston, TX, and their driver was ambushed. Reportedly, a car came up from behind the vehicle in which the employees…