Brady Terms April Job Numbers, ‘Another Obama Disappointment.’
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today called that the 130,000 increase in the number of private sector jobs the economy created during April, “Another in a series of disappointments President Obama’s poli...
The Obama Administration’s Record on Growth and Private Sector Job Creation vs. the Reagan Recovery
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the monthly employment situation report for April. Current consensus estimate (from Wall Street Journal) looks for a gain of 165,000 nonfarm payroll jobs (range of 105,000 – 244,000) with a private sector gain of 178,000 private sector jo...
Brady Calls GDP Report Beyond Disappointing
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, reacted to today’s report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that real GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.2% during the 1st-quarter 2012.
Vice Chairman Brady's Opening Statement
Today’s hearing is most appropriate in light of high gasoline prices and a White House energy policy that is coming home to roost, so to speak. While the President has touted an “all of the above” energy policy, his actual policies have been anything but that. They have been decidedly unfavorable to...
Brady Relieved that Fed Not Beginning New Round of ‘Quantitative Easing:’
In response to today’s statement from the Federal Open Market Committee, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today released the following statement: “My first reaction was, ‘thank goodness the Fed didn’t start a new program of quantitative easing.’ The economy do...
Statement of Vice Chairman Kevin Brady
Today, April 17th, is Tax Day. In recognition of America’s hardworking taxpayers, it is appropriate that the Joint Economic Committee holds the first of two hearings on how taxes affect America’s economy. Today’s hearing focuses on the taxation of capital and on Wednesday, May 16th; the second hea...
How Taxation of Capital Affects Growth and Employment
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will preside over a hearing on how taxation of capital affects growth and employment on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 10:00 am in the Hart Senate Office Building Room 216.
Brady disappointed with job figures; terms recovery ‘low and late.’
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today said that the increase in the number of private sector jobs the economy created during the month of March comes as good news.
Brady Votes for A Budget Path Back to American Prosperity
The GOP budget was approved – 228-191 – with the support of U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas, the top Republican in Congress on the Joint Economic Committee and a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee.
Hearing: Monetary Policy Going Forward, Why a Sound Dollar Boosts Growth and Employment
A sound dollar is a necessary prerequisite for maximizing economic growth and job opportunities for hardworking American taxpayers. This proposition is both simple and profound.
