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Job Creation Still Too Slow

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman and incoming Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, called today’s news that the U.S. economy added 146,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, including 147,000 private payroll jobs, during November “unimpressive.” He noted that after all the administration’s proclamati...

Senator Coats at JEC hearing on Fiscal Cliff

Mr. Brady's closing remarks at JEC Fiscal Cliff hearing

Mr. Brady questions experts at JEC fiscal cliff hearing

Dr. Burgess presents his opening statement at the JEC Fiscal Cliff Hearing

Senator Lee questions witnesses at JEC hearing on Fiscal Cliff

Dr. Burgess questions witnesses during Fiscal Cliff Hearing

Senator Toomey speaks at the JEC Hearing on the Fiscal Cliff

Rep. Mulvaney during Joint Economic Committee Hearing on Fiscal Cliff

Statement of Vice Chairman Kevin Brady

Going over the fiscal cliff is economically irresponsible, financially reckless, and entirely unnecessary. Yet as Kimberley Strassel observed in The Wall Street Journal, “The president is boxing in the Republicans—offering them a deal they cannot accept, a deal they can't even be seen to be treating...