Rep. Kevin Brady, R.-Texas., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee vowed the Republican replacement for Obamacare will be shorter and simpler. "One big thing, I think people are assuming Republicans will act like Democrats with a 2,000-page bill that no one knows what's in it," Brady told radio host Hugh Hewitt. "We're doing just the opposite. Our replacement is going to be step-by-step, thoughtful and understandable. "And so this is a historical effort by Republicans in Congress and t...
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A bill repealing and at least partially replacing Obamacare will be presented to President Trump by the end of February, according to House majority leader Kevin McCarthy and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Kevin Brady. The two Republican leaders appeared in separate interviews on the nationally syndicated Hugh Hewitt Show Wednesday morning. Brady, whose committee is expected to do much of the most challenging work on the repeal and replace strategy, vowed that a bill eliminating the law...
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Wednesday on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) verified remarks made by his House colleague Rep. Kevin Brady (R-CA) that an Obamacare repeal and replace will be sent to the president by the end of February. McCarthy told Hewitt the beginnings of that will take place with the passage of the 2017 budget. “You’ll see the beginning of that movement by passing a 2017 budget this Friday,” McCarthy said. McCarthy confirmed remarks House Ways and Means chairman Kevin ...
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For the first time in a long time, Americans across the country are looking to the New Year with optimism about the prospects for tackling some of the most pressing challenges facing our nation. In the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee—which has jurisdiction over taxes, international trade, health care, several anti-poverty programs, Medicare, and Social Security—our six Subcommittees are preparing ambitious agendas to grow our economy and help Americans of all walks of life. Last week, the Wa...
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Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s December 2016 jobs report: “While I welcome some of the bright spots in this report, it doesn’t change the fact that 2016’s job creation was the worst we’ve seen in years. After eight years of President Obama’s economic policies, too many Americans still do not feel better off. Many families in my district and across the country have lower household incomes than ...
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President Obama’s health care law has been hurting America’s workers, families, retirees, and job creators for nearly seven years, and—as newspapers across the country highlighted—2016 was no exception. As we begin a new year and a new Congress, here are five reminders of the pain Obamacare has caused and why Congress must repeal the law: Americans cannot afford their health care costs. Premiums in most states have increased by double digits (as high as 76 percent in Oklahoma), forcing American...
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As Americans usher out 2016 and anticipate great things in 2017, for Montgomery County residents, the New Year's optimism very well may start with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. However, there was a less-ceremonious swearing-in Tuesday that also signifies hope in achieving the changes valued by voters here at home. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, was sworn in as congressman for the 8th Congressional District of Texas. As the House Ways and Means Committee chair, Brady is poised ...
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Today, the U.S. House passed H.R. 21, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017, a bill designed to provide greater congressional oversight of burdensome regulations issued during the final days of a president’s term. U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady released the following statement: “This bill gives Congress the power to stop the rush of midnight regulations by the Obama administration, which can reach into a third term without any accountability. I encourage the Senate to act on this important bill as...
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U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, representing Madison County in Washington, D.C., is preparing for the New Year as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Brady, a Republican, recently rolled out a “blueprint for pro-growth tax reform,” which proposes a simple postcard tax filing that is built for “the growth of families’ paychecks, the growth of job creators and the growth of the American economy.” “We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers, not special interests ...
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