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The leading Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a full committee hearing on corporate income taxes. CLICK HERE to watch the hearing. Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “The whole premise of this hearing is false. “Corporate taxes aren’t disappearing, they…
The GOP leader of the House Ways and Means Committee, Kevin Brady (R-TX), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) slammed Speaker Pelosi for politicizing the drug pricing debate in Congress and not supporting bipartisan solutions…
Last Week, the leading Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following remarks at the House Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 3, Speaker Pelosi’s Fewer Cures Act. Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: “Thank you, Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole. “At the start of this year, Speaker Pelosi pledged…
Recently Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after sending a letter to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regarding Texas Central Railroad’s (TCR) petition for a Rule of Particular Applicability (RPA): “I strongly oppose TCR’s efforts to develop a high-speed rail in Texas. The proposed Dallas to Houston route would threaten the property rights of Texas…
The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Markup of Health Legislation. Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Chairman Neal. “Our Committee will be debating multiple bills today, including the highly partisan and secretly written H.R. 3, Speaker Pelosi’s Fewer Cures…
“I applaud President Trump and his Administration for tirelessly working to protect, improve, and expand existing Medicare programs. I am encouraged by the President’s commitment to increase available Medicare benefits, promoting new technologies that expand health care access across the country, particularly in rural communities, eliminate fraud and abuse within the system, and put America’s seniors…
Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a proposal on drug pricing: “While I’m confident Congress can work together to lower out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors and modernize the popular Medicare prescription drug program, this so-called government negotiation…
Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Taxpayer First Act, bipartisan legislation to redesign the Internal Revenue Service for the first time in over two decades: “After years of good-faith,…
Today, the leading Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released the following statement after it was reported that Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) proposed a tax extender package that contains numerous unrelated provisions to raise taxes that would hurt…
Republicans are confident that they can win the “Medicare for All” debate. “Medicare for All” would be an enormous strain on the economy and would lead to serious increases in taxes. In addition, the United States is the leading innovator when it comes to health care, producing more technology and medications than any other country…
Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sent a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) in response to the Chairman’s 6103 request to obtain six years of the President’s tax returns: “The Democratic request for the President’s tax…
This week, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) hosted members of the Army Corps of Engineers Galveston in his Washington, D.C. office to get an update on recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey and talk about ongoing local projects. Colonel Lars Zetterstrom provided details on the work being done to rebuild and to prevent similar results from future storms….
Congressman Kevin Brady, who is the leading Republican in the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, went to the US House floor to discuss the future of healthcare and the efforts by the Democrats to create alarm. Here is that speech: Here is the text of that speech as it was prepared: “Madame Speaker, “Embarrassingly…
The Trump economy — buoyed by a war on excessive regulation and aggressive tax reformed that has fostered economic improvements on every level — has led the US from being one of the least competitive when it came to tax rates among industrialized to the most. That’s the view of Congressman Kevin Brady, the ranking…
There has been alarm sounded about the recent jobs report showing the economy only produced tens of thousands of jobs rather than the hundreds of thousands we have gotten use to. The reason for the drop in jobs creation is pretty simple. It is simply harder to get to zero unemployment the closer an economy…
France has just revealed its new digital tax and it is clear that it is aimed at the United States and its technology firms. The following from a French English speaking news source, goes straight to the heart of that discussion. Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady…
After the media’s decades advancing of “Medicare for All,” which is just an euphemism for socialized medicine, the position has become a more commonly accepted view of Democratic candidates. Now over 100 House Democrats have signed on to a bill to make such happen. Reason Magazine noted on the subject, “Yet Medicare for All’s rise…
Alex Azar of the New York Post recently wrote “President Trump has exposed the dirty secret of drug pricing: There is a shadowy third player in the transaction between patients and their pharmacists: middlemen who have taken a big kickback from the drug manufacturer, which may or may not be reflected in patients’ out-of-pocket costs….
The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Hearing on Improving Retirement Security For America’s Workers. Before the start of today’s hearing, Rep. Brady, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Adrian Smith (R-NE), and the…
The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Hearing on Protecting Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions. Before the start of today’s hearing, Rep. Brady and the top Republican on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Devin Nunes (R-CA) sent a letter to Ways and…
After passage in the Senate on Tuesday, the First Step Act was passed by the House on Thursday with overwhelming support from both sides of the aisle. “We can be smart and tough on crime at the same time,” said U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) after voting in favor of the bill.“ A number of…
President Trump has said from the beginning that his tariffs were designed to get trading partners back to the table and to hammer out deals that benefits all parties. One of the first areas of focus was with Canada and Mexico. We are now seeing the fruit of that labor. House Ways and Means Committee…