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Congressman Kevin Brady's releases to the News Media are archived here for everyone to read.
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Texas Becomes First State to Apply for a Waiver to Help the Unemployed
2/28/12Texas barely allowed the ink to dry on brand new federal unemployment reform programs before filing to be the first state in the nation to try innovative new methods to increase employment.< Read more > -
White House Corporate Tax Plan "Disappointing", Says GOP Economic Leader
2/22/12U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), a senior member of the tax writing House Ways & Means Committee and the top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, says President Obama's latest outline to revamp the corporate tax code begins to lower rate< Read more > -
Payroll Tax Agreement Achieves Necessary Reforms while preventing Economic Disruption & Tax Increases on Working Americans
2/16/12"Difficult issues require difficult negotiations. At the end of the day, we have prevented a disruption to our economy, avoided a tax increase on working families, enacted significant unemployment reductions and reforms, and ensured our local doctors will< Read more > -
Statement on Payroll Tax Conference Committee Negotiations
2/13/12"If Democrats were serious about finding the necessary savings to offset the loss of revenue to Social Security this year I might be more hopeful. But as it is, I think the House GOP Leadership is prudent to file this as a back stop in case negotiations c< Read more > -
President's Unrealistic Political Budget Puts American Taxpayers Last
2/13/12"This budget is simply not grounded in reality," said Brady. "Despite imposing job-killing tax hikes on Americans and even then still projecting a $6.6 trillion deficit over the next 10 years, the President apparently thinks money grows on trees because n< Read more > -
President's Latest ObamaCare Retreat Shows How "Disconnected" He is from Americans
2/10/12"This is a full scale retreat by a disconnected President who now knows that Washington shouldn't force Americans to abandon their religious convictions."< Read more > -
Democrat's Offer on Payroll Tax Negotiations "Puzzling" Says GOP Conferee
2/9/12"It's puzzling. Democrats offered no ideas on how to pay for all the new spending, rejected all of the job-ready reforms and barely changed the unemployment weeks to 93," said Brady. "That's actually to the left of President Obama who has called f< Read more > -
House Republicans Vote to Put Teeth in the STOCK Act
2/9/12"The principle here is that no one is above the law. Members of Congress shouldn't profit from information they have that isn't available to the public," says Brady, who does not trade stock. "I get concerned when Congress rushes through a law bec< Read more > -
More of ObamaCare Repealed
2/2/12By a vote of 267 to 159 – with dozens of House Democrats joining Republicans -- the House voted to repeal a component of ObamaCare that the administration itself has determined is unworkable.< Read more > -
House Votes to Freeze Federal Pay, Cut Congressional Spending and Prevent Welfare Recipients from Getting Money in Strip Clubs, Liquor Stores and Casinos
2/2/12The Republican-led House of Representatives passed three measures that freeze federal pay, cut spending by committees in Congress and stop abuse by welfare recipients.< Read more >