By Dave Brat When President Reagan came into office, the country was suffering like it is now: Our economy was in shambles, foreign policy was weak, and Americans were dispirited. With Reagan, OK was not good enough, so, once in office, he went big, bold and confident. Right now that’s what the American people are looking for. There’s an unmistakable feeling that real progress is truly possible and within reach. Real change, not incremental tweaks around the edges of bad policy, has been my focu...
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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) held an event with Reps. Mark Walker (R-NC), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), and Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) to unveil legislation designed to restore direct, accountable congressional control over the federal regulatory system.
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A House committee on Wednesday advanced by voice vote a child nutrition reauthorization bill that could reduce access to free meals for low-income students and test a pilot program in three states that would fund school meals with a block grant.
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CQ has learned that House Republican leaders will make a renewed push Wednesday morning to adopt a fiscal 2017 budget resolution, with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan expected to lay out a plan that would likely combine a budget resolution and a mandatory spending cuts package into a single bill.
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The local congressman co-sponsored the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act that passed the U.S. House in late April. The legislation gives scholarships to students from low-income families in D.C. so they can attend the school of their choice, according to a news release from Brat’s office.
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Virginia Republican Dave Brat, a member of the Budget Committee who voted against reporting the budget out of committee, said he was more optimistic about the chances of success after the conference meeting.
“It was the first time that the dominant message in the conference went from a debate between the $1.07 [trillion] vs. the $1.04 [trillion] thing to just a more realistic acknowledgement that we’re going to find a way to compromise and get the budget done,” Brat said. “And so I felt pretty positive that we really are looking for a way to get things done.”
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Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia introduced a resolution Thursday that would require the government to create a master spreadsheet containing appropriations and budget information of the past 10 fiscal years.
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