Kevin Brady

“We cannot allow American taxpayers to foot the bill for tax revenue grabs in Europe and elsewhere.”

“South Dakota, like a lot of rural states, small states, there are small cities with a very big work ethic, very common sense approach. That has certainly shaped me.”

“Texas is made for trade.”

“Obamacare's design flaws were not the fault of the American people.”

“The global boom in commodities fueled by a debt-financed infrastructure and real-estate bubble in China is over.”

“America's tax code is beyond repair. Tinkering with it won't work. The only hope is a bold tax-reform plan that will liberate our nation from the slow-growth status quo and jump-start a new era of American prosperity and growth.”

“In 2012, I helped lead the successful effort in Congress to allow states to conduct drug testing of people receiving unemployment benefits.”

“I know we disagree with Mr. Trump on this area. I'm hopeful that we can convince him that making our tax code more pro-growth will make America stronger, but to do that, it's not enough to simply buy American: we need to sell American all throughout the world.”

“Ways and Means is the committee that tackles the big issues that affects people's lives and their jobs in a major way.”

“Here's my thinking: Since tax reform only occurs once a generation, let's not tweak what we have and call it a day.”

“At the end of the day, Republican-driven tax reform is not only going to be good for the economy and for growth. It's going to be good for middle-class Americans.”

“As chairman of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, I continue to be inspired by President Reagan's 1985 national address to the American people as he challenged them to join him in boldly reforming the broken, complex tax code.”

“In my view, the biggest challenge facing this country is that we are not living within our means. Spending cuts can only get us halfway there.”

“To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.”

“Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need to get to the role of the Federal Reserve and we need to get it right.”

“Unlike the American inventions and achievements that have expanded horizons of possibility, our nation's tax code has become an excessive burden that strangles individual opportunity and economic freedom.”

“Voters have figured out Republicans want to save Medicare for the long term, and they know that those who say everything's just fine with it aren't leveling with them.”

“One of America's best investments in peace and security is our special relationship with Israel.”

“I'm a strong-and-stable-dollar advocate, and the Fed has been moving dangerously away from that mission.”

“We want to deliver tax relief all across the country, no matter where you live.”