Kevin Brady in the News

"If we want lower rates and we want a simpler tax code, the status quo is not an option," he said in an interview with Texas on the Potomac this morning.

"Republicans are going to close the loopholes but we're going to do it to lower tax rates for all Americans," Said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. He added: "Our goal shouldn't be to

"The best time to redesign the automatic spending cuts will come with the [expiration of the] continuing resolution on March 27," said Republican Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee. "The cuts will occur on March 1. Then th

When Obama swore that none of his new State of the Union proposals would add a dime to the deficit, Rep. Kevin Brady (R) of Texas quipped, "I'm 5'5" and I'm going to dunk a basketball before that promise ever comes true.

"The president will invariably make it harder for both sides to come together because he sort of likes baiting Republicans on this. If he wanted to see true immigration reform, he'd lock himself in the Oval Office until Congress got it done."

Congressman Kevin Brady, R–The Woodlands, recently read a proclamation into the Congressional record acknowledging Magnolia as a Union Pacific Train Town as well.

The House Ways and Means Committee formally announced 11 separate working groups they hope will push the ball forward on tax reform. The working groups will not be charged with crafting recommendations or proposals in their issue areas, but will instea

"People who can't find a job had to be wondering why guns, global warming and immigration are a higher priority than getting people back to work."

Rep. Kevin Brady (R) of Texas has some advice for President Obama on immigration reform: Easy does it.

"For the 22 million Americans who still can't find a full-time job in America, and to be asking why is the president putting global warming, guns and green cards ahead of finding jobs for people like me?" he said, adding that he's worried about th

"Nancy was a journalist's journalist who cared deeply about our community," said U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands. "I'll always appreciate her diligence, her fairness and her obvious love for all things education-related. She's been take

"The one thing I would commend him on is that he actually responded to the push by many of us in the trade community to begin launch talks with the European Union. I think thats important both for Texas and for the country."

"Clearly it wasn't helpful," Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, a senior GOP member of the House Ways and Means Committee, told POLITICO. "It was seen as providing cover to the White House and taking a pretty good swing – intentionally or not – at sm

"Republicans are going to close the loopholes but we're going to do it to lower tax rates for all Americans," Said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. He added: "Our goal shouldn't be to

"The Obama economy is marked by persistently high unemployment, stagnant growth and excessive spending that is holding back hiring," said Texas Rep. Kevin Brady.

Obama's program "as always is lacking the real pro-growth jobs agenda," said Texas Republican Kevin Brady, a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "Jobs have never been the president's priority. That's why unemployment is h

Joining Matt Patrick to discuss the State of the Union and automatic spending cuts

Joining Edd Hendee to talk about the State of the Union and what comes next

Joining Joe Pags to discuss the State of the Union speech and the upcoming sequester.

With regard to human rights and economic liberty, Lincoln adhered to two fundamental principles. First, that every person was entitled to the fruits of his or her labors, and no one had an unrequited claim (i.e., slavery) to the fruits of the labors of ot

Congressman Kevin Brady expects more of the same, pointing out the unemployment rate still hovers around eight-percent. "Despite four years of trillion dollar deficits," the Woodlands Republican says. "President Obama is again pitching many of the same f

"My concern is not only the millions of taxpayer dollars lost to rampant fraud within these Medicare services but also the lack of responsiveness by Medicare to local officials raising red flags about the financial integrity of the programs."

"One, we need a dialogue on the culture of violence. Two, we need to find a way where we can identify and help those who are mentally ill in America – who don't have the right to own a gun. But, we've got to enforce so strongly the laws from

"This is a great program," Brady said. "This would not happen without the leadership of CISD. I think it is a win/win situation and attracts the best and the brightest students."

"Through the fiscal cliffs and the grand bargains and Bowles-Simpson, I think more and more lawmakers are getting comfortable with the fact that we need to make the long-term reforms that save this program," Brady said.

Official Washington leadership – with some important, exceptional, bright lights such as Joint Economic Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, former Republican Study Committee chairman Jim Jordan, House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling

Republican leaders countered with attacks on Mr. Obama's economic track record, with Representative Kevin Brady, the incoming chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, saying that "a run-in-place jobs report and unemployment stuck near 8 percent" is "