Quotes from Kevin Brady

As Chairman of the Ways and Means committee, I am proud to have written about half of the American Health Care Act that passed the House so we can finally provide Americans with patient-centered healthcare that fits your family's needs.

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.

There is a difficult leap between talking about balancing the budget and actually doing it.

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

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

And again, President Obama's health care plan really is another drag on the economy. Until we get Washington out of the way, this president's recovery is going to continue to rank dead last.

We must cut federal spending - every wasted dollar, every low priority program, and every unconstitutional overreach - every day.

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

Under Obamacare - which placed 159 federal agencies, commissions, and bureaucracies between patients and doctors - patients not only face dramatically higher health care costs, they've also lost the power to choose the options right for them.

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.

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

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

I'm absolutely confident - in fact, I'm optimistic that by focusing on quality and innovation in Medicare - that we can save that program for the long term in a very positive way.

Given a choice between President Trump with more freedom for Americans and ObamaCare with more government, I chose to stand with President Trump and freedom.

Whole communities have been devastated as good-paying jobs continue to leave the U.S.

There are real impacts from lowering tax rates, encouraging savings.

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.

I firmly believe Americans are far better off under tax reform than they ever were sticking with this old, messed up, outdated tax code.

Tax reform is the legislative challenge of a generation for America. It hasn't been accomplished since 1986, when President Reagan and Congress delivered the most sweeping overhaul of our nation's tax code in American history. 2017 is the year to change that and make history of our own.

The Reagan tax reform delivered real fairness, closing loopholes for Washington special interests so that all Americans could keep more of their hard-earned paychecks.

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

We need a simpler, fairer tax code that protects taxpayers. Not special interests.

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

If Washington were a factory, it would manufacture spending.