Kevin Brady

“We think Medicare Advantage is a key part of healthcare and is bringing some of the innovation - I think a lot of the innovation - back to that marketplace for seniors.”

“We're going to have to find a way to serve our constituents and our taxpayers better and quicker and more accurately with fewer workers. I'm convinced we can do it and we don't have a choice.”

“I've spent my whole life before coming to Congress as a Chamber of Commerce manager. What that means is you help start small businesses, help them grow in good times and bad.”

“One of my most rewarding congressional duties is nominating future military leaders to study at America's service academies. The exceptional young men and women who receive these coveted nominations earn a top-of-the-line education and the opportunity to serve their country as a military officer.”

“The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.”

“Tax Day is often a source of frustration for taxpayers, so anything that can make the process less painful is appreciated.”

“American jobs are being lost to foreign countries, and U.S. companies are urged to move their manufacturing plants, new technologies and headquarters overseas.”

“If Washington were a factory, it would manufacture spending.”

“Americans deserve a simple, fairer, and flatter tax code that jumpstarts our economy, helps create jobs, and makes America a leader again.”

“For decades, American companies, large and small, have been competing with one hand tied behind their backs thanks to our unfair, outdated tax code.”

“We will never be defined by tragedy but, instead, by how we respond to it.”

“I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at the heart of our free-enterprise system.”

“Requiring the Fed to focus on preserving the purchasing power of the dollar will create a solid foundation for economic growth.”

“Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.”

“As the American people have discovered, soaring rhetoric is no substitute for effective leadership on the key issues facing our nation: jobs, runaway spending, and an exploding government debt.”

“I want to give consumers way more choices in health care. Choice and competition always drive down costs better than central control.”

“The speakers I value don't just sound intelligent but can boil down complex issues in a clear, understandable way that encourages the public to think about the solutions.”

“What I'm absolutely certain of is, every day we delay in accessing that Asia-Pacific region, the more we lose economically.”

“If we truly want to achieve lasting economic growth, we need our businesses to do more business - and we need them to do it in America.”

“Americans need health care focused on them, not Washington. They want choices, not more mandates. They want affordable plans with ready access to local doctors and hospitals - not high-priced plans with doctors they don't know.”