HEARING: Brady Announces Witnesses for First Committee Hearing of 2016

January 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced the witnesses for the Committee’s first hearing of the year that will focus on Reaching America’s Potential: Delivering Growth and Opportunity for All Americans. The Committee is pleased to welcome Doug Holtz-Eakin, Kevin Hassett, Stephen Moore, and Jared Bernstein. Doug Holtz-Eakin is ...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Brady to Speak on U.S. Economic Freedom at The Heritage Foundation

January 29, 2016

Washington, D.C. – On Monday, February 1st at 1:00 PM, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at The Heritage Foundation’s launch of the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. His remarks will focus on how the Ways and Means Committee is working to help increase our economic freedom and deliver opportunity to all Americans.

Brady Statement on 4th Quarter GDP Report

January 29, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the fourth-quarter GDP report. "It's been almost seven years since the Obama 'recovery' began and our economy is barely out of neutral. Why does America have to settle for ...

Brady Statement on the European Commission’s Release of Anti-Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Directives

January 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the European Commission issued proposed directives related to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) final recommendations on its base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project. Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) explained how the documents prove once again that Washington must move forward on ...

Brady: Congress Must Take Action to Save Medicare

January 26, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in reaction to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on federal spending and the 2026 exhaustion date of Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. “Our entitlement programs are unsustainable. In 2015, for the first time, federal health care ...

Brady, Roskam Demand Answers After IRS Admits to Destroying More Hard Drives

January 22, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC – After recent news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has destroyed more protected documents, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) sent a letter today to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. The Chairmen called for information regarding ...

HEARING: Schedule Change: Brady Announces First Committee Hearing of 2016

January 22, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today that the Committee's first hearing of the year is postponed until Tuesday, February 2nd at 10:00 AM. The hearing will focus on reaching America’s potential through pro-growth policies that deliver opportunities for all ...

Chairman Brady Announces New Members of Ways and Means Senior Staff Team

January 20, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced three new additions to his Ways and Means Committee senior staff team. Barbara Angus will serve as Chief Tax Counsel for the Committee and Emily Murry will serve as the Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health. Machalagh Carr recently began serving as the Committee’s Oversight Staff ...