Kevin Brady Quotes

My friends and family know I love playing baseball - Little League through college. And every year in the annual Congressional Baseball Game for charity played at Nationals Stadium.

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The Fed contributed to the financial crisis, keeping interest rates too low for too long. I give them credit for responding and stabilizing the economy and the financial sector during the crisis. But then they tried to do too much with quantitative easing that went on forever, just dramatically exploding their balance sheets.

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Americans need health care focused on them, not Washington. They want choices, not more mandates. They want affordable plans with ready access to local doctors and hospitals - not high-priced plans with doctors they don't know.

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We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers. Not special interests.

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Under Obamacare - which placed 159 federal agencies, commissions, and bureaucracies between patients and doctors - patients not only face dramatically higher health care costs, they've also lost the power to choose the options right for them.

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Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.

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South Dakota, like a lot of rural states, small states, there are small cities with a very big work ethic, very common sense approach. That has certainly shaped me.

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We will never be defined by tragedy but, instead, by how we respond to it.

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We need smarter, 21st-century budget guardrails that would gradually trim the size of Washington in order to spur private investment, create jobs, and boost the income of hard-working Americans on Main Street.

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Tax reform for the 21st century means rewarding hardworking families by closing unfair loopholes, lowering tax rates across the board, and simplifying the tax code dramatically. It demands reducing the tax burden on American businesses of all sizes so they can keep more of their income to invest in our communities.

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America's tax code is beyond repair. Tinkering with it won't work. The only hope is a bold tax-reform plan that will liberate our nation from the slow-growth status quo and jump-start a new era of American prosperity and growth.

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Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.

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A stronger global hub at Bush means a stronger economic future for Houston.

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Longer and more frequent delays for international passengers at Bush will only cede business to Houston's competitors - and the jobs that go along with it.

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The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that includes both a stronger economy to generate new tax revenues and bipartisan guardrails, which will help ensure that future presidents and congresses spend within our means.

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There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

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It's just wrong to work your whole life to build up a nest egg, build your own business - you pass away, and Uncle Sam can swoop in and take away nearly half of everything you've earned. Can you imagine that? Having to sell off most of your land just to keep it from the government, just to save the house.

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Here's my thinking: Since tax reform only occurs once a generation, let's not tweak what we have and call it a day.

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I'm absolutely confident - in fact, I'm optimistic that by focusing on quality and innovation in Medicare - that we can save that program for the long term in a very positive way.

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Our Savior's birth is the ultimate reminder that miracles happen and often when we don't expect them.

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And I am convinced that a single focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar, in effect, guarding against inflation or deflation, actually creates a solid foundation for the greatest job growth and the strongest economy that America can have.

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One of my most rewarding congressional duties is nominating future military leaders to study at America's service academies. The exceptional young men and women who receive these coveted nominations earn a top-of-the-line education and the opportunity to serve their country as a military officer.

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Tax reform is the legislative challenge of a generation for America. It hasn't been accomplished since 1986, when President Reagan and Congress delivered the most sweeping overhaul of our nation's tax code in American history. 2017 is the year to change that and make history of our own.

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I'm tired of seeing American jobs, manufacturing, and headquarters forced overseas due to a tax code that works against us.

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American jobs are being lost to foreign countries, and U.S. companies are urged to move their manufacturing plants, new technologies and headquarters overseas.

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As the American people have discovered, soaring rhetoric is no substitute for effective leadership on the key issues facing our nation: jobs, runaway spending, and an exploding government debt.

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I firmly believe Americans are far better off under tax reform than they ever were sticking with this old, messed up, outdated tax code.

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Our broken tax code is one of the main reasons the United States lags behind when it comes to economic growth, job creation, and competitiveness. Without pro-growth tax reform, our workers and our businesses will continue to suffer.

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Dave Camp, in my view, made tax reform inevitable in the sense that he showed you could broaden the base and lower the rates and simplify the code and be competitive around the world and make it more understandable.

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At the end of the day, Republican-driven tax reform is not only going to be good for the economy and for growth. It's going to be good for middle-class Americans.

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As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.

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The Reagan tax reform delivered real fairness, closing loopholes for Washington special interests so that all Americans could keep more of their hard-earned paychecks.

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Whether you are pro-choice or strongly pro-life, as I am, there should be common ground that abortion ceases to be an option when a baby can live outside the mother's womb or experience excruciating pain from a procedure.

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When American workers are losing their jobs to people in other countries, Washington cannot afford to ignore this disturbing trend any longer. While Democratic presidential candidates want to just blame U.S. corporations, the reality is that their strategy won't help protect American workers or save their jobs.

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It's time to permanently lower America's tax gate so that the $2 trillion in stranded U.S. profits can flow back into America to be invested in new jobs, research and growth.

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Voters have figured out Republicans want to save Medicare for the long term, and they know that those who say everything's just fine with it aren't leveling with them.

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I think it's important, especially in health care, to take this step by step, whether it's the replacement of the Affordable Care Act, how we make Medicaid work better, how we save Medicare for the long term.

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We think Medicare Advantage is a key part of healthcare and is bringing some of the innovation - I think a lot of the innovation - back to that marketplace for seniors.

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This turbulent world is far from a perfect place.

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One of the most offensive actions by the IRS is its continued unlawful seizures of money and assets of innocent Americans, called civil asset forfeiture.

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You know Washington. If the deadline is midnight, they'll start working on it at 11:30.

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No one has yet convinced me a dollar stranded overseas is better than a dollar brought back home here to America for any reasons. So, if a company needs it, whether it's to do research, buy another business in America, grow jobs or try to become more financially strong, that is good for the United States.

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We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.

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For decades, American companies, large and small, have been competing with one hand tied behind their backs thanks to our unfair, outdated tax code.

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I've spent my whole life before coming to Congress as a Chamber of Commerce manager. What that means is you help start small businesses, help them grow in good times and bad.

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If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.

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We must move aggressively in Asia-Pacific because our competitors like China are moving very swiftly to tie down a regional trade agreement that leaves... our farmers and our workers and our businesses out.

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The ability to immediately deduct the costs of capital investments will help employers improve worker productivity and output - which grows Main Street jobs. And with these savings, businesses across the country will have more freedom to grow, hire new workers, and increase wages.

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My belief is that despite all the media hoopla, there is much more that unites Republicans than divides us.

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I love trade. I love trade. First, it's economic freedom. It's the freedom to buy, sell, and compete with as little government interference as possible. Secondly, it's a jobs issue.

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Whole communities have been devastated as good-paying jobs continue to leave the U.S.

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What I'm absolutely certain of is, every day we delay in accessing that Asia-Pacific region, the more we lose economically.

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America's real national security interest in the region is protecting our friend Israel.

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Unlike the American inventions and achievements that have expanded horizons of possibility, our nation's tax code has become an excessive burden that strangles individual opportunity and economic freedom.

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And again, President Obama's health care plan really is another drag on the economy. Until we get Washington out of the way, this president's recovery is going to continue to rank dead last.

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What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

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Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.

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We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

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Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

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I've always intuitively liked the consumption-tax model.

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I think it is a mistake to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership because if America abandons the Asia Pacific markets, we'll lose.

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Inflation destroys savings, impedes planning, and discourages investment. That means less productivity and a lower standard of living.

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To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.

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There are real impacts from lowering tax rates, encouraging savings.

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I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at the heart of our free-enterprise system.

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Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.

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As chairman of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, I continue to be inspired by President Reagan's 1985 national address to the American people as he challenged them to join him in boldly reforming the broken, complex tax code.

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As Chairman of the Ways and Means committee, I am proud to have written about half of the American Health Care Act that passed the House so we can finally provide Americans with patient-centered healthcare that fits your family's needs.

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When we don't unite, we do a terrible job.

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If we were starting from scratch, there's no question a simple retail consumption tax with protections for those with lower incomes would drive the economy the best and be the simplest to administer.

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Americans deserve a simple, fairer, and flatter tax code that jumpstarts our economy, helps create jobs, and makes America a leader again.

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We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.

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In 2012, I helped lead the successful effort in Congress to allow states to conduct drug testing of people receiving unemployment benefits.

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Given a choice between President Trump with more freedom for Americans and ObamaCare with more government, I chose to stand with President Trump and freedom.

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Americans have seen the value of the dollar slowly decline due to the steady erosion of inflation.

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America's fiscal future is frightening.

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Tax Day is often a source of frustration for taxpayers, so anything that can make the process less painful is appreciated.

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This bill, the Sound Dollar Act, is all about looking forward about the role the Fed should play.

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Requiring the Fed to focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar will create a solid foundation for economic growth.

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I'm a strong-and-stable-dollar advocate, and the Fed has been moving dangerously away from that mission.

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The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.

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We cannot allow American taxpayers to foot the bill for tax revenue grabs in Europe and elsewhere.

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Urgency creates decision making.

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I think NAFTA has been extremely beneficial to the United States, in many ways, but there's no question after 23 years it needs to be updated, to say the least.

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The Affordable Care Act has hurt more people that it's helped.

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I know we disagree with Mr. Trump on this area. I'm hopeful that we can convince him that making our tax code more pro-growth will make America stronger, but to do that, it's not enough to simply buy American: we need to sell American all throughout the world.

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For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

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The people now trapped in Obamacare did what the government mandated them to do - they complied with the law. They should not be left out to dry.

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If Washington were a factory, it would manufacture spending.

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The speakers I value don't just sound intelligent but can boil down complex issues in a clear, understandable way that encourages the public to think about the solutions.

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The global boom in commodities fueled by a debt-financed infrastructure and real-estate bubble in China is over.

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I stopped - just killed - President Obama's $10-a-barrel gas tax.

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I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.

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I'm not going to risk our precious military resources on an ineffective, unproductive mission.

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In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us halfway there.

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One of America's best investments in peace and security is our special relationship with Israel.

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Washington knows how to spend money.

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Full and immediate expensing is widely recognized as one of the most pro-growth tax policies around.

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The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.

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Texas is made for trade.

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Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation - and our community - great.

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Ways and Means is the committee that tackles the big issues that affects people's lives and their jobs in a major way.

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