The Times USA There has been alarm sounded about the recent jobs report showing the economy only produced tens of thousands of jobs rather than the hundreds of thousands we have gotten use to. The reason for the drop in jobs creation is pretty simple. It is simply harder to get to zero unemployment the closer an economy gets to it. It is not much different than the challenge of scoring in the “Red Zone” in football. The closer you get to the end zone, the more difficult it becomes. The number of...
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USA Daily Times House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee markup of the Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget. Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Chairman Neal, for holding this markup today. “And I especially want to thank the Chairman for working with us Republicans to create a consensus on this year’s View & Estimates for our Committee. “This markup may seem like another routine box we...
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USA Daily Post The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a Full Committee Hearing on Our Nation’s Crumbling Infrastructure And The Need For Immediate Action. Before the start of today’s hearing, Rep. Brady sent a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA). CLICK HERE to read the letter in its entirety CLICK HERE to watch the hearing. Remarks as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Chairman, for convening this...
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The Times USA France has just revealed its new digital tax and it is clear that it is aimed at the United States and its technology firms. The following from a French English speaking news source, goes straight to the heart of that discussion. Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after France announced intentions to implement a digital tax aimed at technology companies: “My view has remained consistent: new taxes targ...
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USA Business Radio By every measure 2018 was an extraordinary year for the US economy. On virtually every front the US saw an improvements across the board. This was spurred on by several factors: Tax reform that made the US go from one of the least competitive countries in the world to one of the most competitive among advanced countries. The US had the highest tax rates of any industrialized country in the world. Tax reform profoundly changed that. Aggressive regulatory reform across numerous ...
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USA Daily Review Reuters is reporting: “The United States won a World Trade Organization ruling on China’s price support for grains, successfully challenging a calculation methodology that is also used by India. “A WTO adjudication panel agreed on Thursday with the U.S. complaint that China had paid farmers too much for wheat, Indica rice and Japonica rice in 2012-2015. A disputed corn subsidy had already expired. “’China’s excessive support limits opportunities for U.S. farmers to export their ...
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USA Daily Chronicle The whole fuss about President Trump’s efforts in using an emergency measure to build the wall, is just that , just a fuss. There is a fairly long history of US Presidents using such efforts when necessary. Recently, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) has been watching this closely in his leadership role in the House. He released the following statement after voting against a partisan House resolution that would overturn the national emergency declared by President Trump: “In Tex...
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USA Daily Chronicles Nobody in either major political party doubts that there is a spree killing and violence problem in the United States today. The question is, what do we do about it? To point at guns as the problem is ludicrous, since they have been around decades before spree killings became common, which started in the 1990s. The problem is not guns, but the misuse and abuse of them. That has only been a common phenomenon in the last few decades. USADC has been carefully studying this issu...
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USA Daily Times The Brady Briefing is a regular feature of USA Daily Times. In this issue, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) focuses on the changes in leadership in the US House, border security, and Hurricane Harvey support By U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) “Doesn’t she know how tax refunds work?”. That’s what I heard repeatedly from folks I visited this past week while traveling my nine-county congressional district. They were referencing a Democratic presidential candidate from California who – li...
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US Daily Review Congressman Kevin Brady released the following statement after voting against H.J. Res. 31, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019: “Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas did a remarkable job leading the negotiations for House Republicans, and secured every dime she could from Democrats who vowed not to spend one dollar on a physical barrier for our southern border. “The spending bill is certainly a first step towards securing our nation’s border but I believe Congress should d...
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