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Brady Calls Jobs Numbers for May, “Grim.”

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today called the meager increase of 82,000 in the number of private sector jobs and the accompanying rise in the unemployment rate to 8.2% “grim.” Brady called it “inexcu...

Second Reading on Real GDP Growth Rate Reflects “Obama’s Misunderstanding of the Way the World Really Works.”

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said today that the second reading from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which reported an annualized real GDP rate of growth at 1.9 % during the 1st-quarter 2012, ref...

Hearing Announcement: The Economic Outlook

A hearing before the Joint Economic Committee will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Rep. Duffy (R-WI) during JEC hearing on taxing labor and transfer payments

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

Dr. Burgess (R-TX) speaks during JEC hearing on May 16, 2012

Rep. Kevin Brady's (R-TX) second round of questions at JEC hearing May 16, 2012.

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

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

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.