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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.
I and many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are concerned about the funding provided in this bill for the Maritime Administration, and specifically, the six State maritime academies. This year the report to accompany the House…
America is so large, I always marvel at the challenge we face each census to count every person in this country. But because we have been conducting a census every 10 years since our Nation was founded, it is remarkably accurate. Even the…
American companies and American workers can compete against anyone in the world if they are given a fair chance. With 95 percent of the world's consumers residing outside of America, we have economic battles going on around the globe. Just…
what a silly amendment. People who live in public housing often complain they do so because they do not have a job, or the job that they have does not pay enough to live in housing like many others have the privilege to do. To punish them…
A lot of people in America have lost faith in the institution of Congress. It did not happen overnight. It has been building for many years. All they want us to do in honest, open debate is to listen to issues and do the right things for…
it is sad that some Members of Congress this fall are using campaign finance reform as a shield to divert attention from ethical problems in the White House. They make a mockery of an important issue to me and to many of the families in my…
I am deeply disturbed by a decision, another out test decision by a Federal judge in Beaumont, who decreed because he disagreed with how our Forest Service is managing parts of the lands in Texas, he called and ordered an injunction…
should America further weaken its national defense strategy by deploying our military to guard rain forests and endangered species in foreign countries as the State Department recently proposed? The answer is clearly no. At a time when our…
They were here today to talk about government and about the role it plays in stifling small business and the jobs they have the potential to create. It reminds us and helps remind us that small business is the engine of our economic growth…
over the past year I served on the juvenile justice committee for the Texas Legislature. We rewrote our juvenile justice laws in trying to curb gang violence, and we found a number of things. One is that we met and saw a 12-year-old from…
on this day in 1626 a wise Dutchman named Peter Minuit traded $24 of trinkets for the island of Manhattan. It is commonly agreed that Minuit received the better end of that deal. When it comes to highway funding, however, a lot of…
like other fiscal conservatives, I find this amendment attractive on its surface. But a closer look reveals and has repeatedly shown that the scientific criticism is not valid and the cost savings are exaggerated. Killing the space station…
As a prosecutor, the gentleman knows firsthand how frustrating it is to have that revolving door. And even though the States have put tremendous resources into prosecution and law enforcement into their prison systems, expensive prison…
working Americans often ask today, ``Why can't we make ends meet like our parents did? Why does it take a two- income family to provide even a basic quality of life for our families?'' President Ronald Reagan had a clear answer. Government…
Enduring traits that built America run in America's families: That of individual responsibility, of caring for your neighbors, of contributing to the community in which you live and grow up and work, being involved in your church, in your…
today's vote is a difficult one. As a Texan, we share the largest border with Mexico of any State in the country. Mexico is a valued friend and a neighbor of Texas and of the United States. Clearly America and Mexico have an equal stake in…
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