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Rep. Mulvaney (R-SC) questions witnesses at JEC hearing on the effects of taxing labor

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) presents testimony during Domestic Monetary Subcommittee hearing

Rep. Kevin Brady's Opening Statement at JEC hearing on Taxing Labor and Transfer Payments

Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Kevin Brady

Today the Joint Economic Committee is holding the second of two hearings on how taxes affect America’s economy. This hearing focuses on the taxation of labor. The first hearing on April 17th focused on the taxation of capital.

Saying No to State Bailouts

Right now, the world is wondering if European leaders have the political will to save their economies from fiscal collapse. Defaulting on their debts would trigger a domino effect that threatens the continued existence of the European Union itself. Yet the entrenched interests of labor unions and go...

How the Taxation of Labor and Transfer Payments Affect Growth and Employment

The Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearing on, “How the Taxation of Labor and Transfer Payments Affect Growth and Employment,” on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Vice Chairman Kevin Brady will be presiding.

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...

Representative Duffy speaks during JEC hearing on Gas Prices

Congressman Duffy first round of questions during JEC hearing 4.26.12