02/06/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, weighs in on the latest unemployment numbers and why he, as the only Texas on the ‘payroll tax’ conference committee, is fighting for unemployment reforms.

The Congressman shares how he voted to keep a pay freeze in place for members of Congress and other federal employees, to cut committee spending on Capitol Hill and to reform welfare so benefits can’t be accessed in liquor stores, strip clubs and gambling establishments.

Finally, he calls out the Obama Administration for a report that ‘claims’ Medicare patients will pay less for their healthcare in ten years  than they do now due to ObamaCare, which the House voted last week to repeal another provision from.

01/30/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady previews a meeting Monday with local doctors who are frustrated with Washington over the need for a real solution to how they get reimbursed for treating seniors, the disabled and military families.

Congressman Brady also takes a closer look at the 1.7% economy, the President's record on job creation and the President’s 21 new taxes – not a one of which has helped the nation’s staggering debt.

Finally, the Congressman previews new U.S. House efforts to increase American energy production and shares some news about which billionaire – who received a 'shout out' during the State of the Union -- stands to profit from the political denial of the Keystone XL pipeline.

01/23/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his expectations for the President’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday and the President’s upcoming budget proposal.
The Congressman also shares what the President’s home state, Illinois now has in common with Greece and how Illinois, which can’t pay its bills, has proven that raising taxes doesn’t fix a budgetary crisis.
Finally, he takes the President to task for turning down shovel ready energy jobs as gas prices are rising and expected to hit a new record by Memorial Day.

01/16/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady calls on the President to approve the Keystone Pipeline and stop slow walking permits in the Gulf, because Americans can’t wait for these good paying jobs. He also calls out the administration for penalizing companies because manufacturers can’t make enough of a certain biofuel the government is requiring.
While lamenting America’s continued fall down the list of the top nations for Economic Freedom, the top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, also calls on the President to work with Congress since it was just last year the President himself said America couldn’t be competitive if it is “weighed down by crippling budget deficits, ineffective programs that waste tax dollars and a government that is not accountable to the American people.”
As for the President’s Friday request to create a new Mega Agency, Brady offers a better idea to streamline government – a Sunset Act. Finally, with over 46 million Americans now receive food stamps -- 68 percent more than under either Presidents Bill Clinton or George W. Bush – Brady says it’s time to act on jobs bills and projects like the Keystone pipeline.

01/09/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady analyzes the December jobs numbers and explains why the real unemployment rate is much higher and explains what this means for businesses who pay unemployment insurance taxes. The Congressman also shares his concerns over  employers drop health care coverage and doctors leaving medicine over ObamaCare. Meanwhile, the President is proposing a pay increase for federal workers as Washington, DC’s population rises as people flock to the Capitol for taxpayer-subsidized jobs.

01/02/12 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, we start off the New Year with American businesses sitting on trillions that could be invested in new jobs if the business climate wasn’t paralyzed by political uncertainty, the costs of ObamaCare and America’s outdated tax code. Congressman Kevin Brady also addresses how government bureaucrats need to spend less on travel, quack medicine spending at the National Institutes of Health and how the Air Force is grounding officers close to retirement.
Finally, he shares his thoughts on silly new state laws for 2012 and why Americans in a recent poll were more likely to support those with free market solutions that Occupy Wall Street protests against income inequality.

12/26/11 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses the short term payroll tax extension passed by the House until the details of a one-year extension can be worked out in conference committee, efforts to stop a major pay cut for doctors who treat our seniors and the EPA playing Scrooge to American power plants.  

He also discusses how prices at the pump hit their highest point in 3 decades in 2011 as Americans racked up the better part of a trillion dollars in credit card debt.

Finally, Congressman Brady shares his thoughts about the latest uncertainty in Iraq, why he wants the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lawsuits prosecuted fully and the lie of the year.

12/19/11 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says the Senate should stay and finish the job after the House responsibly extended the payroll tax deduction for one more year. He also shares his thoughts on Congress cutting ObamaCare funding for IRS enforcement of the individual mandate and the rationing board. In addition he discusses why he's leading a call for a Department of Justice investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantees, the Congressman also weighs in on how Congress saved Edison’s lightbulb “from the junk heap of history.” Finally, he calls any congressional involvement in the BCS’ college football championship plans silly.

12/12/11 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says this week the House is preparing to vote on the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act despite the President’s threat to veto it over a pipeline which is expected to create 20,000 shovel ready jobs.
The House has already passed 27 bipartisan jobs bills, including the REINS Act and a farm dust bill to rein in out of control Washington regulators who are writing rules that are keeping businesses from hiring.
Congressman Brady is also calling on the Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee to investigate allegations of Medicare fraud in the Houston area, blasting the administration for calling the 2009 Fort Hood shootings ‘workplace violence’ and demanding answers from the Pentagon after it was revealed that the cremated remains of hundreds of our military heroes were dumped in a landfill.

12/05/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Kevin Brady explains how 315,000 Americans leaving the workforce dropped the unemployment rate and shares his concerns on how the Eurozone Debt Crisis could affect Americans. The uncertainty on Main Street is fueling a bi-partisan push for passage of Congressman Brady’s Freedom to Invest Act to temporarily let American companies repatriate and invest their stranded overseas profits here in America.
This past week in Congress, the House passed bills dealing with the Obama Administration regulation juggernaut and the National Labor Relations Board.

11/28/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady looks ahead at automatic spending cuts, the budgets Congress must complete and the Farmers Freedom Act of 2011. He also discusses upcoming votes on reeling in regulators and fixing the pending pay cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients. Finally, he shares the solution to over government – restoring the free market principles that made America great.

11/21/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses the looming Super Committee deadline, shares his concerns about the narrow failure of the Balanced Budget Amendment and takes on the White House’s handling of energy projects that are being politically delayed rather than creating jobs now. In addition to fully supporting C-Span’s bid to televise the Supreme Court ObamaCare arguments, the Congressman is celebrating the VA Secretary’s decision to approve a huge expansion of the Conroe VA Clinic. Finally, he shares his thoughts on Thanksgiving and what’s coming up in Congress after the Thanksgiving holiday.

11/14/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady is ready to vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment that he co-sponsored. He also shares his thoughts on the latest temporary spending measure coming up for a vote this week in the House, a renewed House effort on increasing American energy production and the administration’s confusing energy policy and newest anti-energy economic advisor. Finally, the Congressman says it’s cut out the blame game politics that are getting in the way of a joint committee’s efforts to cut spending and start listening to employers who are telling Washington to stop overspending, overtaxing and over regulating.

11/07/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Kevin Brady says at this pace of job creation we will never recover the lost jobs, "Enough is enough. The President’s economic policies are just not working. Hardworking Americans deserve a fresh start. What they don't need is a second round of stimulus we can’t afford that creates tax-payer subsidized government jobs." As the White House presses for another new stimulus, Congressman Brady discusses how the House is working to get energy workers back to work and has passed 22 bipartisan jobs bills while over 100 investigations have been launched into how stimulus funds were spent by the Department of Energy. Finally, Congressman Brady says in this Veterans Day week-- and every day -- we should honor the 1% who don a U.S. Military uniform to protect all Americans.

10/31/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady applauds efforts in his Ways & Means Committee to scrap America’s uncompetitive tax code as well as House passage of bills repealing of an unnecessary 3% withholding rule that in effect forces businesses to give Uncle Sam an interest free loan and a section of ObamaCare that would have flooded Medicaid with millions of Americans well about the poverty line.

10/24/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady thanks the troops who are withdrawing from Iraq, shares what he heard in several October town hall meetings and why he is co-sponsoring the REINS Act. Finally, he weighs in on the Misery Index hitting a nearly 30 year high and a new GAO report on fraudulent and or erroneous tax credit claims.

10/17/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo,as the administration expels the controversial CLASS Act from ObamaCare Congressman Kevin Brady tells the Select Committee on Debt Reduction to ‘Think BIG.’   Brady, who spearheaded efforts to open up three important new markets for American goods, says Texas stands  to gain tens of thousands of new jobs from these new agreements. The bi-partisan vote to pass the trade agreements came as the President’s so-called jobs bill died in the Senate. House Republicans, meanwhile, continue to pass legislation to roll back regulations that kill jobs, fight the administration’s permitorium that has more than tripled the time it takes to get a drilling permit and protect life.

10/11/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the country's jobless rate is stuck at 9.1% as the President continues selling a 'jobs' bill that is going nowhere. Meanwhile, the House is poised to pass three sales agreements that could create a quarter million jobs, including 30,000 right here in Texas. Finally, Congressman Brady weighs in on the one-two punch the EPA took in the House, the Attorney General's Fast and Furious troubles and the historic week ahead on Capitol Hill.

10/03/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on an historic first Monday in October as the Supreme Court is asked to take up ObamaCare and how it's been nearly 900 days since the Senate passed a budget bill forcing the government to operate under short-term spending plans. This week, Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Brady will get the opportunity to question Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a hearing on Capitol Hill as Americans watch sales pitches replace leadership and the growing scandal over Solyndra's taxpayer guaranteed loans. Finally, he says the fight to bring a shuttle home to Space City isn't over especially considering the latest news out of the Big Apple.

09/26/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the Senate is ‘playing games’ after the House voted responsibly to fully fund disaster relief without adding more to the deficit. Congressman Kevin Brady also shares his thoughts after chairing a Joint Economic Committee hearing on the dangers of government debt and the newest plan from the Federal Reserve. While the White House is stuck on raising taxes, Congressman Brady says House Republicans aren’t going there and even former President Clinton doesn’t think it’s a good idea in this economy. Finally, he weighs in on a new ObamaCare rule that affects your medical records, $16 muffins at the Department of Justice and the dead getting government checks for decades.

09/19/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on the growing threat of a double dip recession, the President’s new tax proposals, and voting to rein in unelected bureaucrats in the NLRB.  Rep. Brady also shares his support for investigations into how stimulus loans were granted to now bankrupt companies like Solyndra.  Finally, he welcomes two new members of the U.S. House and applications for nominations to the U.S. Military service academies.

09/05/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on the grim August jobs numbers, why the President's Thursday "Groundhog Day" jobs speech is an admission of failure and a CNN poll that show the vast majority of Americans give the President a thumbs down on all things economic. The Congressman says its no wonder Americans believe government is out of control after hearing three recent news stories about how federal agents have gone after a young girl who saved a bird, a father who protected his kids from a grizzly and the raids on Gibson Guitars.  This Labor Day edition wraps up with the Congressman's thoughts on the Tenth Anniversary of 9-11 and Labor Day.

08/29/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts on Libya, why Congress should lower a corporate tax gate so American companies can invest their overseas profits here at home and the White House's 800 page reaction to calls for less regulation from Washington. Finally, he discusses why a Ways & Means Subcommittee hearing in Texas this Thursday is so important and why a new $85 billion White House proposal for underwater mortgages is all wet.

08/22/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his enthusiasm for town hall meetings. There is a lot to talk about this week from the growing concerns about a double dip recession, to recent economic predictions from Moodys and how the country has become a regulation nation. The congressman also talks about the President's bus tour, how a solar Stimulus success story has faded to dark and why billionaire Warren Buffett is wrong on tax hikes, but is welcome to write the U.S. Treasury a check.

08/15/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down the latest appeals court ruling striking down ObamaCare, why 3 out of 4 Americans believe the country is on the wrong track and why it’s time for American businesses to have new customers and new confidence and for Washington to take a cold shower. Finally Congressman Brady shares Texas’ job success story with Majority Leader Eric Cantor before kicking off a busy town hall schedule.

08/08/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, weighs in on the Standard & Poors' downgrading of America's credit rating, July's 9.1% unemployment rate and Wall Street's reaction to the uncertainty. He also shares his thoughts on what Home Depot's co-founder believes is the problem with our economy, what will – and won't work – to boost economic growth and the temporary FAA shutdown.

08/01/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady frankly discusses the debt crisis. The Congressman also takes on sunsetting Washington agencies and regulations, a new report that shows how much money every man, woman and child in America will pay for health care by the end of this decade, energy policy in the Ways & Means Committee and crazy uses of your tax dollars at the National Science Foundation.

07/25/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains the debt ceiling plans on the table and how the debt ceiling debate is about spending, not taxes and why Greece's default should be a wake up call.
Congressman Brady also explains how House Republicans are taking the lead in reining in the National Labor Relations Board and a new agency created by the Dodd-Frank financial system takeover bill while pursuing more North American energy.
While House Republicans have voted to cut Congress' budgets, the House Ways & Means Committee is holding a hearing on the Fair Tax, which Congressman Brady has long supported.

07/18/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains the upcoming House vote on Cut, Cap & Balance, how its not just the GOP saying America needs to get its financial house in order and what the President said about the debt ceiling in 2006.
He also explains why it's a bad idea to triple down on bad Federal Reserve Policy, why the ugly Dodd-Frank bill has only gotten uglier in the light of day and the House's Flood Insurance Reform Bill that includes the Brady Amendment to require notification of flood plain re-mapping.

07/11/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on the question Americans keep asking "where are the jobs?" He also explains why tax hikes are a non-starter in debt ceiling negotiations, the President's debt record and more on how House Republicans continue to cut spending every week. Finally, he shares why this year's Congressional Baseball game is extra special.

07/04/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his American Dream for his young sons and for all Americans. In addition to giving us a preview of a busy July ahead on Capitol Hill, the Congressman also weighs in on how southeast Texas benefits from new global sales agreements with countries like Panama, Colombia and South Korea. See the impact for yourself on a new website.

06/27/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares the MAP for getting America on the right path and share his thoughts why Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Sen. John Kyl walked out of the Vice President's debt talks. As the Congressional Budget Office issues a dire warning about our country's debt, one of the bright spots is Texas where the Lone Star state's economy has surpassed New York and is gaining on California. Finally, he talks about why the US should not be in Libya and about the latest energy bill to pass the House while the President played'political theatre' with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

06/20/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the focus is on jobs. As House Republicans remain laser focused on controlling spending and debt and removing the uncertainty from our job creators, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on President Obama's jokes about stimulus shovel ready projects not shovel ready and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's misinformation on the Republican Jobs plan. 
This anemic economy has Americans worried and one of their biggest concerns is retirement, their standard of living and medical costs. Finally, Congressman Brady talks about a big issue in his town halls -- individual freedoms, which are under attack across the country according to the new Freedom of the States report.

06/13/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady wraps up another district work week in this week's Monday Morning Memo. Southeast Texas job creators told the congressman its time for the President, who is gold medal worthy for adding new regulations, to start acknowledging the uncertainty and damage his administration's regulations and policies are causing. Finally, Congressman Brady shares his thoughts on ObamaCare's 10th Amendment problem in the appellate courts and on new polls showing Americans fears about the economy and where Americans and the President's views differ.

06/06/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on heartbreaking jobs numbers, a debt meeting with the President, a potential Moody's downgrade, why we don't belong in Libya, Social Security's deteriorating finances and the Mediscare campaign.
As he starts a busy district work week, he celebrates what's right with America as local high school graduates prepare for future military leadership

05/30/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains the key points of the GOP Jobs plan, who ran up the debt and what House Republicans are prepared to do about it. He also shares how long each day Americans work just to pay taxes and how billions in stimulus cash went to delinquent taxpayers as well as tips for starting Hurricane season off with a plan.
Finally, he discusses the need to continue key provisions of Patriot Act and how every American can honor the true meaning of Memorial Day

05/23/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, As the House heads back into session, Congressman Kevin Brady says House Republicans are united with Americans who say no debt ceiling increase without cutting up Washington's credit cards. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the Congress also addresses the Senate's long dry spell without a budget vote, how the National Labor Relations Board and excessive regulation are hurting job creation and a new university study on how the Stimulus was a failure by the numbers.
Congressman Brady also tackles the other ObamaCare mandate, ObamaCare waivers for the former Speaker's district and how America must stand with Israel.

05/16/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady gives us a sneak preview of two about-to-released Joint Economic Committee studies that show how monetary policy is draining Americans' wallets at the pump and just who ran up the $14 trillion plus national debt.
As Senate liberals fight to raise energy taxes, the Congressman explains what House Republicans have voted on to lower energy prices. Finally, he explains why new reports from Social Security and Medicare Trustees are a wake up call that doing nothing is not an option and why $1 trillion in American private sector profits can't be invested in the U.S. and what he is doing to fix that with the Freedom to Invest Act.

05/09/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady analyzes why the unemployment rate rose back above the 9% mark in April and why Weiss Ratings is giving the US Economy a C.

A longtime advocate of American energy production, Congressman Brady voted to restart lease sales in the Gulf and off the coast of Virginia and looks forward to voting this week to jump start production in the Gulf of Mexico after a moratorium and permit slow down. Finally, he was honored last week to lead Ways & Means Committee floor debate on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and to vote to repeal two more parts of ObamaCare.

05/02/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Kevin Brady takes a closer look at our country's economic growth which dropped 60% in the first quarter of this year and shares some information on new polls on how Americans feel about the economic recovery, the President's handling of the economy and how America's seniors favor the Republican Ryan Path to Prosperity. He also calls out the President for wanting to raise energy taxes to fund more green energy products that aren't ready for prime time and shares what he is taking back to Washington from his many Easter district work period community events.

04/25/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on the reams of regulations that ObamaCare is spawning and why ads claiming Republicans voted to end Medicare are pure hypocrisy. Congressman Brady says seniors in his district know that the worse thing Congress can do is nothing. He will be discussing the way forward with the Republican Ryan Budget at numerous town meetings scheduled this week. After Standard and Poors gave Congress and the White House a wake up call, there is no place for political pet projects in government agencies like the Department of Energy when the focus should be producing more energy here in America.

04/17/11 - In this Easter week Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about voting for Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, the even deeper cutting budget proposed by the Republican Study Committee and the latest efforts to repeal and defund ObamaCare. In contrast, the President's deficit reduction plan includes a trillion dollar plus tax hike. In this season of renewal, the Congressman talks about how the way forward will be the focus of this district work period and how on this tax day, he'd like to get rid of our current nearly 4 million word long tax code and replace it with a Fair Tax. Finally, he takes on New York Senator Charles Schumer's hurtful comments about why a Space Shuttle should call New York -- not Houston, the home of manned space flight -- home.

04/11/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady talks about cutting tens of billions out of this year's spending while beginning the fight to cut trillions with the 2012 House GOP Budget.
While he is glad the Senate will now get to vote on repealing ObamaCare and funding for Planned Parenthood, The Congressman says House Republicans will "fight and claw" for more spending cuts and to save Social Security and Medicare.
Last week, the House put the brakes on the FCC's misnamed Net Neutrality plan and the EPA's Cap and Trade efforts.
Finally, this Tuesday is Tax Freedom Day -- the day Americans stop working to pay their taxes and start working for their families and their dreams. However, Tax Freedom Day would be much later in the year if our nation's deficit and debt were factored in.  

04/04/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on the upcoming week on Capitol Hill and why he believes Congress should not get paid if the government shuts down. In additional to sharing his concerns about the latest jobs numbers and tax dollars being used for abortions, Congressman Brady is also pushing a permanent end to the Death Tax, a new bi-partisan natural gas effort and an investigation into AARP after a disturbing report about how the seniors group stands to profit from ObamaCare.

03/28/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady has more questions than answers on the U.S.'s involvement in Libya. He also takes on ObamaCare's first year and shares his thoughts after a busy district work week that included being honored as having one of Congress's top spending cut agendas. As he prepares to chair his second trade hearing this week, he explains why trade agreements are so crucial to creating jobs here in Texas.

03/21/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down the Joint Economic Committee's new study which proves how spending cuts and debt reduction grow jobs. As another district work week kicks off in Huntsville and Conroe, the Congressman also discusses House Republican efforts to keep cutting spending as wholesale prices rise due to higher energy costs.

03/14/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about the latest short term plan to cut spending, the Health and Human Services Secretary's admission that ObamaCare double counts savings and the staggering number of waivers handed out to spare unions and others from having to meet ObamaCare's mandates. Finally, he says if the President won't defend the federal marriage law, House Republicans will and he shares his thoughts as he prepares to chair the first in a series of important hearings on stalled U.S. trade agreements.

03/07/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the unemployment rate ticks down and a million Americans also left the job hunt. The U.S. House repeals an onerous ObamaCare paperwork mandate as a federal judge tells the administration to appeal his ruling now, not later. Congressman Kevin Brady also weighs in on how the Democrats are using a 'wildly wrong' economist's failed models to justify their spending, a new GAO report on Washington's shocking waste and what is really causing pain at the pump.

02/28/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says its irresponsible to 'fear monger' over necessary cuts to out of control deficit spending. The Congressman also shares his thoughts on the need for entitlement reform and why President Obama and the Justice Department should defend the Defense of Marriage Act signed by President Clinton. Finally, he addresses questions about what the US policy over Libya is and why unlike the protests in Egypt and Libya, liberals here in America are protesting for more -- not less -- government intrusion.

02/21/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady -- tackles a variety of hot topics from last week's spending battles on the House floor which resulted in historic budget cuts -- to the need for the President to lead on entitlement reform -- to why the White House spokesman shouldn't say the President's budget doesn't add to the debt -- and the Stimulus' terrible twos.
The Congressman supports a repeal effort in his committee to stop two onerous ObamaCare provisions and cutting Defense Department waste in light of a new procurement report a look at new information on waste at the Pentagon. And finally, he expresses his anger at the deadly drug cartel ambush on two American ICE Agents and shares what he learned from the Mexican Ambassador.

02/14/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady -- one of the 89 conservatives to push for $100 billion in cuts in this week's Continuing Resolution -- talks about why we have make these cuts and more.
The Congressman also weighs in on talk of a federal government shutdown, the road ahead for Egypt and why its time to call a time out on ObamaCare which the Congressional Budget Office confirmed last week will kill 800,000 jobs.

02/07/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts on the anemic number of jobs created in January, why spending cut votes must be held every week, the President's upcoming budget and what's next now that ObamaCare has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. Finally, he explains why key provisions of the Patriot Act should be extended and why its so important that US Trade Representative Ron Kirk testify at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week.

01/31/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on the CBO's prediction of a $1.5 trillion deficit for 2011 and why that is a drag on economic growth. He also calls on the Senate to have an 'up or down' vote on repealing ObamaCare which administration budget experts now admit will increase health care costs and force many Americans off their current plans. He also debunks the 'myth' of the Social Security trust fund as the program continues spending more than it takes in. Finally, he shares his thoughts on the President's call for action on trade agreements, why members of Congress will now be spending more time in their district and the importance of the National Day of Prayer.

01/24/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about what's next for health care reform now that the House has voted to repeal Obamacare, shares good news about growing support for his CUTS Act and how its leading the way as more spending cuts bills are being filed and explains how resuming drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could help generate much needed revenue and lower gas prices. As chairman of the House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee, Congressman Brady will be leading a hearing this week on free trade agreements that are important for Texas jobs. And, finally, he shares what he would like to hear from the President during the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night.

01/17/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about what's on the agenda in the House this week, including repealing Obamacare and how the House Ways & Means Committee is taking the first step towards the first major restructuring of the tax code in a quarter century.
The Congressman also discusses his CUTS Act which eliminates more than $150 billion in federal spending and the GOP's weekend retreat where he chaired a panel on the economy and the Texas delegation met with Governor Perry.
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01/10/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, is unlike no other from the past three years. This week, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts following the tragic shooting at a Congressional event in Tucson, Arizona where 6 lives were lost and a dozen more people, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, were injured. Congressman Brady sends his prayers out to Congresswoman Giffords and all the victims of this shocking attack and their families.
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01/03/11 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, We kick off the first Monday Morning Memo of 2011 with a not-so-fun fact. In the 111th Congress, more new debt ($3.22 trillion) was racked up than during the first 100 Congresses combined. As the 112th Congress begins this week, Congressman Kevin Brady says spending cuts, simplified bills and the Constitution will replace out of control spending and state bailouts. The Congressman also shares his thoughts about Obamacare's broken promises and the EPA's plans to proceed with regulation of greenhouse gases even though Cap and Trade Legislation was stopped in the last Congress.
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12/27/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, of 2010, Congressman Kevin Brady wraps up the Lame Duck, explains how the House rules will be different in a GOP House, takes on exaggerated Obamacare claims in taxpayer funded Medicare ads and tells us why 4 new U.S. House seats will boost Texas' clout in Washington. Have a wonderful New Year!
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12/20/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, who is thankful that the tax bomb will not be going off on January 1st, talks about the bills pros and cons and why he launched a fight in the Rules Committee to offset the bill's spending. Brady, who leads the Death Tax Coalition, also discusses the ongoing fight to end the death tax permanently.

Brady is glad that the earmark-laden Omnibus bill was pulled in the senate. He also expresses his support for the troops making counter-insurgency gains in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to let the mission dictate any exit strategy.
Finally, he shares his hopes for this Christmas week and his gratitude to the soldiers who will spend Christmas far from home and their families who miss them.
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12/13/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady makes it clear that his top priority is to stop any American from facing a tax hike on January 1st, including small businesses and family farms that could face a 55% death tax if Congress doesn't act. The Congressman also stressed that more cuts in government spending and reforming unemployment insurance will be top priorities when the Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January. Finally, he addresses rising gasoline prices as the administration continues to stall on drilling permits in the Gulf and the Dream Act which he believes is the wrong priority at a time when we have nearly 10% unemployment.
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12/06/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why our unemployment rate continues to hover just under 10% and the realities hidden behind the tax hike politics. The Congressman also shares his concerns about how expendable the Obama adminstration seems to think Gulf energy jobs are and how prisoners are profiting from fraudulent tax returns.
And, finally some good news for Texas businesses, ranchers and farmers as the final signing of the South Korean Trade Pact opens up a new market for Texas goods and services.
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11/29/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about the issue Americans feel is the most important to them as Congress returns for the second half of the Lame Duck Session. Congressman Brady says no one American should face a tax hike on January 1st, especially as the Federal Reserve is lowering its economic expectations. The Congressman also shares his thoughts on federal energy permits, why unpopular ideas -- like Cap & Trade and Card Check -- that failed in Congress should not be enacted by the administration and the latest provocative actions by North Korea.
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11/22/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this Thanksgiving week Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his excitement over the two-year Earmark ban approved by the House and Senate Republican Conferences and the arrival of the newly elected conservative members of the House; his concerns over the lack of a vote to stop the January 1st tax hikes; and how amazed he is at how out of touch Obama Administration officials continue to be when it comes to the economy. The Congressman also explains why there should be no more civilian trials for GITMO detainees after last week's spectacular failure and reminds us of many things we have to be thankful for this week.
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11/15/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo Congressman Kevin Brady gives a preview of the Lame Duck session and how disarray among Washington Democrats could affect effects to stop the tax hikes set for January 1st. A longtime proponent of earmark reform, Brady also believes Senate Republicans should join their House counterparts in banning earmarks in the 112th Congress. Finally, he shares his thoughts on the Debt Commission's preliminary report, new information about the explosion of federal workers making $150,000 or more and how seven of the ten richest counties in America are in the Washington, DC suburbs
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11/08/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady lays out the reasons why unemployment is stalled out at 9.6%, including how many jobs we need to be creating to change the unemployment rate for the better, shares his insight into what may be ahead in the lame duck session next week, and says Americans have reason to be concerned about the Federal Reserve's recent $600 billion gamble. Finally, Congressman Brady addresses a big concern for the American people -- the need for oversight on Washington.
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11/01/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, the top House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee weigh in into the 'feeble' economic growth which is keeping businesses from growing and hiring and the President's comedy channel appearance. Brady, who has fought for energy production in the Gulf, is worried by an administration report that says limiting production in the Gulf is not a problem because enough supply is available from OPEC countries. Finally, he addresses how Obamacare is forcing some hospitals out of business even before they open and the pension crisis that has become a cancer on state and local budgets.  
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10/25/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady blasts the $814 billion stimulus over more than a million lost jobs. One of the top ten cities to lose jobs since the stimulus was none other than Houston which lost 17 private sector jobs for every federal job created. Meanwhile, San Francisco's arts community pocketed $1.4 million, some of which went to bizarre performance art. The Congressman, who met with BOEM Director Michael Bromwich last week, lays out the catch-22 faced by those who want to explore for American energy and why its tough to shrink government when government employee unions are spending so much on campaigns.
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10/18/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo Congressman Kevin Brady prepares to hear from drillers now that the moratorium has 'officially' ended and shares his thoughts about a stunning new Treasury report on just how much has been added to the nation's debt.

10/11/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, In this weeks Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why the latest jobless numbers show that the economy isn't getting worse but it's not getting much better either. One of the reasons is out of control government spending which has increased by 9% this year. A new review from the Joint Economic Committee minority staff shows Congress spent $1.91 for every new $1 in taxes in the 7 major initiatives that President Obama signed into law. Congressman Brady has joined other Republicans in asking the Speaker to ban earmarks from any spending bills passed in the Lame Duck session.
The Congressman also shares his concerns about a new Oil Spill Commission Report that claims the administration muzzled government scientists, the protests at a local hero's funeral and stimulus checks for the dead and incarcerated.
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10/04/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses the new deepwater drilling regulations and his newly passed bill to Audit the BP Fund. The Congressman also shares his thoughts on why Congress didn't get a vote to stop the January 1st tax hikes and how he expects to hear a lot about that when he participates in a small business Town Hall Monday morning in The Woodlands. The Congressman discusses how the President has repeatedly broken one of his major health care reform promises because if you like your health care plan, you can't keep it. Finally, he calls the White House's latest attempt to change public opinion about the nearly $1 trillion Stimulus 'almost laughable.'
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09/27/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares specific proposals from the Republicans' Pledge to America governing agenda. As Washington Democrats remain deeply divided over how to handle the New Years Day tax bomb, Mr. Brady explains why conservative Republicans have their own continuing resolution for keeping the government running, his concerns with the highly political China Currency Bill and how he is asking the administration for a Congressional briefing prior to the issuance of new offshore drilling regulations
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09/20/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shows -- by the numbers -- how the nearly trillion dollar stimulus failed Texans and gets specific on job losses due to the Drilling Moratorium that contradict a new report from the Obama Administration. The Congressman also stresses why Congress must vote to stop the trillions in tax hikes set for January 1st and stop hiding from the tough votes. He also takes on the Secretary of Health and Human Services over a threatening letter to the health insurance industry and a new study which says frivilous health care lawsuits add up to $56 billion in costs.
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09/13/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady prepares to head back to Washington where there is a letter on the Speaker's desk from House conservatives and a budget is unlikely before November. Congressman Brady also laments America's drop from 1st place to 4th place in worldwide competitiveness in just two short years and says he hopes Washington heard the marchers loud and clear this past weekend. Finally, he remembers 9-11 and explains why we can never treat it as just another day.
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09/06/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady tells us why anti-energy forces should not use the Mariner incident to stop producing American energy in the Gulf. Since there is little economic news to celebrate this Labor Day, he calls on the President to change economic course amid predictions of a double dip recession. Brady also weighs in on the administration's legal war on Arizona and why Hurricane Earl is a good reminder that we are still in the peak of the Hurricane season and must be prepared.
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08/30/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady asks President Obama for our lost energy jobs back. Even by the administration's own estimates, the drilling moratorium has put close to 24,000 energy workers out of work. Meanwhile, the economy remains dangerously close to stalling out amid weak consumer confidence, stimulus hype and rising concern over how the debt could affect the U.S.'s Triple A credit rating. Amid rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, Congressman Brady weighs in on how the federal government is pushing a backdoor amnesty plan by dismissing thousands of deportation cases.
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08/23/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, As Americans give President Obama a failing grade for his handling of the economy in a new AP poll, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a closer look at why this hasn't been a Summer of Recovery and the coming New Year's Day tax hikes. Also in this week's Monday Morning Memo, School starts on the heels of Cost of Government Day, the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy and Roger Clemens' indictment for lying to Congress.
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08/16/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses his bill to audit the $20 billion BP fund and why middle class Americans have soured on the White House's policies in this so-called Summer of Recovery. As Americans continue to pack town halls to express their anger over Obamacare and the federal government only bailing out government jobs, Congressman Brady also takes on the never-ending bail outs for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, federalizing private retirement plans, the birth tourism industry and Congress's unwillingness to rule out a lame duck session to pass controversial legislation.
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08/9/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady asks the President again to visit energy workers during his visit to Texas and addresses the damage the President's drilling moratorium is having. Congressman Brady also shares his thoughts on being called back to Washington to vote on a bill to save government jobs while the loss of jobs in the private sector is keeping unemployment high. Finally, he addressed public reaction to the new health care chart; federal workers fraudulently receiving disability payments and immigration agents who have lost confidence in their bosses.
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08/2/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about the dangers of the CLEAR Act and its chances in the U.S. Senate, his new health care chart, a controversial immigration memo that is shocking Washington, the serious ethics charges against former Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel and how many Americans are asking "Is this as good as it gets for our economic recovery?
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07/26/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady addresses the hot issues as the U.S. House of Representatives heads into its final week before the long August Recess. The Congressman talks about a united effort of Gulf Coast Lawmakers, new anti-energy bills, the fallout from the poorly conceived financial reform law and his expectations that the House will recess without lifting a finger to stop the record tax hike coming in 2011. Finally, he explains why it's all adding up to a record low confidence rating for Congress.
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07/19/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, It's been a week now since Congressman Kevin Brady invited President Obama to come meet with energy workers in Texas, but so far there has been only silence from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where the energy industry continues to get the cold shoulder. Also in this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady explains onerous changes coming to the tax code and why your taxes are going up in less than six months. He also explains why the White House's stimulus tale is worthy of a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; a poll on Americans discontent with the 'not so stimulated' economy and why a contentious lame duck session could follow the November mid-term election.
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07/12/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, The first drilling rig has left the Gulf as the administration seems determined to reinstate the deepwater drilling ban no matter what. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on how Washington can always make a bad situation worse, why he believes the Justice Department should not be suing Arizona, the $1 trillion debt Congress has already rung up for this year, the President's 'frightening' choice to head up Medicare and Medicaid and why the annual trustees report on Social Security is so late. And, as if that wasn't enough, another government program is sent to the doghouse.
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07/05/10 - In this Independence Week Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a closer look at the new jobless numbers and stresses his opposition to using the War Funding bill to push pet projects  or tell Texas how to fund education. Congressman Brady discussed the latest on the oil spill, including a scathing new oversight report about how the administration is handling the clean-up, and Virginia's legal challenge against the national health care law and why it should be repealed. Finally, Mr. Brady addresses his concerns about a new government report on the national debt.
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06/28/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady leads a bi-partisan effort to find a compromise on the drilling ban. He also explains why the financial services conference produced a bad bill for America, why the government's loan modification program is failing for the vast majority of people in it and what a six month fix of the Medicare Doctor Reimbursement formula really means. Finally, he weighs in on the G-20 summit and why it should be a wake-up call for America and why the DISCLOSE Act is a blatant assault on the First Amendment.
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06/21/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady offers an economic solution to the drilling moratorium, requests an Inspector General be appointed to oversee the $20 billion BP clean-up fund and expresses his support for fellow Texas Congressman Joe Barton. Finally, Mr. Brady addresses the major bills currently hung in Congress while the House held a 'ridiculous' debate over whether or not to honor the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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06/14/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses the economic damage that the President's offshore drilling moratorium is causing and a panel of experts contentions that the Administration falsely implied they supported the ban. The Congressman also addresses what's in the nearly $85 billion troop funding bill, the Disclose Act which suppresses free speech and why conservative Republicans are defending the Israeli government's right to protect their citizens. Finally, he takes Immigration and Customs Enforcement to task over a crazy waste of taxpayer dollars.
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06/07/10 - As the tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico is mired down in politics, Congressman Kevin Brady, the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, discusses what worries him about our latest unemployment numbers. In addition to expressing his concerns about the President's recently announced border security plan, the Congressman also encourages Americans to vote in the third round of YouCut, where reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is one of the options. Finally in this week's Monday Morning Memo, he addresses the current state of hurricane recovery funding for Ike victims as families and businesses in southeast Texas deal with the start of another Hurricane season.
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05/31/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady takes a closer look at why the number 13 --as in 13 trillion -- is not a good number for America's debt. The Congressman also invites everyone to share their ideas for a better agenda for America on a new website, America Speaking Out and addresses one of the top issues on the website -- our border security -- and his concerns about the government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf. Finally, he asks that everyone make this entire week -- not just Memorial Day -- a week of remembering and appreciating our veterans, their families and our military heroes of today.
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05/24/10 - As more that 450,000 Americans participate in YouCut, Congressman Kevin Brady, the senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee weighs in on what is happening to important tax measures -- like Texas' sales tax deduction -- and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are rapidly becoming the biggest bailout in U.S. history. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, he also explains why the just passed Senate financial service reform plan should concern all of us and shares what is right with America after seeing off the fifth and final Lone Star Honor Flight.
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05/17/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses his concerns in the wake of the gulf oil spill. With near 10% unemployment, House Democrats continue to put off a budget resolution for this year while adding new permanent taxes and spending to a bill temporarily extending Texas' sales tax deduction. Mr. Brady also shares his thoughts on the President's second U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, and how you can cut a federal program you find wasteful with YouCut. Last, but not least, he weighs in on one of the more bizarre Congressional hearing topics in recent months -- a potty parity bill.
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05/10/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady sees little to celebrate in a 9.9% jobless rate and a record high long term unemployment rate. As Congress reacts to the oil spill with increased pressure for Cap & Trade, he warns how the tax (relief) extenders may be loaded with new permanent tax hikes while Freddie Mac asks for nearly $11 billion more of your tax dollars.
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05/3/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a closer look at the 1st quarter economic numbers and the Continental-United merger in this week's Monday Morning Memo, but he also has some good news about a major expansion at the Baker Hughes plant in The Woodlands. Meanwhile, he shares what local bankers are telling him about the Financial 'Reform' Bill being debated in the Senate and his concerns about the latest Washington spending gimmick, Cash for Caulkers.
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04/26/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says the Obama Administration's own agency for Medicare and Medicaid debunks many Democrats' claims about the new health care law. The Congressman says the Financial Reform Bill the Senate is looking at this week is the "wrong approach" because it doesn't reform Fannie and Freddie and is "packed with lobbyist loopholes." Mr. Brady also takes on Joint Economic Committee Democrats sudden concern about energy prices amid the Senate debate over Cap and Trade. Finally, less than a week after a bill to create a voting seat in the House for Washington, DC was pulled from consideration in the House, a Puerto Rican statehood bill is due on the floor.
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04/19/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady calls the so-called financial reform being rammed through Congress anything but reform. Instead, he says "the architects of failure" are creating "a permanent bailout." Meanwhile, the leadership in Congress is ignoring putting together a budget in favor of pushing through voting rights for the District of Columbia and ENDA. Congressman Brady also questions the President's plan for NASA and a federal judge's ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.
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04/12/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, As tax filing day approaches, Congressman Kevin Brady, a member of the Tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, says it is time to "rip up the tax code by its roots" and replace it. Currently, 47% of Americans pay no income taxes. In this tax week Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady also shares his support for a Constitutional Amendment capping federal spending and how he sees the latest opening on the U.S. Supreme Court shaping up in the weeks to come.
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04/05/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a closer look into the new jobs numbers as the monthly unemployment rate remains at 9.7%. Brady, the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee says the numbers are skewed by temporary Census hiring. He also expresses concern over how some companies are being treated for following the law as they crunch the numbers on the new, and increasingly unpopular, Health Care law. Finally, he analyzes how the President's new energy policy will affect energy workers in his district and welcomes what could be the last early April Tax Freedom Day Texans will see for many years to come.
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03/29/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, as polls show more Americans firmly against it and Attorneys General file constitutional challenges, Congressman Kevin Brady says members of Congress are still learning what's in the new health care law and its potential impacts. In addition to welcoming people to the ten town halls planned over the next two weeks in his district, Congressman Brady shares his concerns about the White House's handling of the Israeli Prime Minister and what the Congressional Budget Office has just revealed about our exploding national debt. New CBO numbers say the debt will be 90% of the U.S.'s Gross Domestic Product by the end of this decade.
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03/22/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady calls the partisan Health Care Bill -- that passed by a close vote late Sunday night -- a "terrible mistake." He also shares his thoughts about the third stimulus bill that may be on the floor this week and why the US bond rating is in jeopardy.
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03/15/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on what is shaping up to be the final week of the health care debate. Despite the arm twisting, Congressman Brady doesn't believe the Speaker has the votes to pass the Senate Bill through the House over the overwhelming objection of the American people. However, all indications are a vote will come by the end of this week. Brady also celebrates the GOP Conference's passage of a Republican wide ban on Earmarks.
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Like his constituents, Congressman Kevin Brady says he would like to see the 'reconciliation' health care bill that the President is hoping Congress passes in just ten short days. 03/08/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady talks about the price of reconciliation, why the President's bank tax misses its target, why the White House's talk and action on nuclear energy just don't add up, and why stimulus spending isn't helping out of work Americans. The Congressman also addresses the buzz in Washington about the White House potentially dropping their plans to try one of Al-Qaeda's top 9-11 operatives in a New York City courtroom.
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03/01/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a look ahead at yet another Presidential Speech on Health Care. President Obama plans to address the national on Wednesday ahead of a what's expected to be a partisan push to passage of the massive take over bill. Brady, a member of the Ways & Means Committee also addresses his chairman's ethics issues, why the Intel Bill that just passed Congress isn't a smart move for America and the bill being filed to stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases when the Global Warming Scientists continue to argue that this winter is one of the warmest on record.
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02/22/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo Congressman Kevin Brady says no to those in Washington who would apparently like to federalize your 401k and IRA accounts. After sharing his concerns about the timing of the President's upcoming health care plan and summit, as well as the President's efforts to outspend even Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Congressman Brady warns Americans not to let their guard down on Cap & Trade just because global warming is having a meltdown. This week, Congressman Brady and Senator Brownback are hosting a Joint Economic Committee Summit on how to spark job creation without another stimulus. And, finally, just when you thought you might have heard it all about ACORN, a new report is released with shocking revelations.
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02/15/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says things are worse -- not better -- as we approach the first anniversary of the Stimulus on Wednesday. There are rumors on Capitol Hill about a back room dealing on Health Care Reform ahead of the President's bi-partisan summit as President Obama's Texas approval ratings show less than 20% of independent voters approve of the job he is doing. After sharing his thoughts on the latest push to root out insurgents in Afghanistan, Mr. Brady also shares his concerns about the influx of veterans seeking help from his office because the education benefits they have earned are being delayed or denied.
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02/08/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, the Lead House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee shares his worries about long term jobless numbers and a Homeland Security Department plan to cut Border Patrol agents in order to beef up Airport Security, a proposal Congressman Kevin Brady called "robbing Peter to pay Paul." Brady, who says Washington is starting to talk about two possible Supreme Court retirements this year, also vows to fight the second stimulus scheduled for debate in the Senate this week and a possible vote in the House on a piece of the Health Care Takeover Bill.
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02/01/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says President Obama's proposed budget cuts are akin to taking a thimble full of water out of a swimming pool. The Congressman shares his concerns about new GDP numbers, the Senate's decision to raise the debt ceiling by nearly $2 trillion and what embattled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner can expect when he steps before the House Ways and Means Committee this week. Brady also says now is not the time to revive the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" debate or consider holding terror trials anywhere but Guatanamo Bay.
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01/25/10 - This week will be a big one on Capitol Hill, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union Address as Democrats move to raise the debt ceiling by nearly $2 trillion and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner prepares to testify under oath. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, President Obama will deliver his first State of the Union Address as Democrats move to raise the debt ceiling by nearly $2 trillion and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner prepares to testify under oath. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady gives the President a "D" for his first year's efforts and tells us Washington doesn't appear to be getting the message from Massachusetts. While most businesses around the country were tightening their belts in 2009, Congressman Brady says one sector of the Washington economy was booming as Lobbyists had a very good year.
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01/18/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, As Barack Obama reaches the one year mark in his Presidency this week, Congressman Kevin Brady calls this past year 'disappointing' and 'galvanizing.' Also, in this week's Monday Morning Memo, the Congressman also looks at the burgeoning costs of the health care takeover bill and why a race in Massachusetts may revive the nuclear option. As he addresses as why immigration, debt ceilings and more regulation could be the next battlegrounds on Capitol Hill, Brady shares his worries about a new report on the staggering amount of stimulus dollars being lost to waste and fraud and the news that the alleged Bali Nightclub bomber may be tried in a courthouse just steps from the U.S. Capitol.
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01/11/10 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady calls on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner to come before the Joint Economic Committee to explain his role in the New York Fed/AIG e-mail scandal. Brady provides an update on the current status of the health care negotiations and asks why CSpan isn't being allowed in as the President promised. He expresses his concerns as unemployment continues to remain above 10% and shares his thoughts on the spate of Democrat retirements and why today it's cool to be conservative according to a new poll from Gallup.
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01/04/10 - In the first Monday Morning Memo of 2010, Congressman Kevin Brady previews what's coming on Capitol Hill and explains why the White House decisions to have the taxpayers take over GMAC and proceed with plans to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S. are not good for America's security. Congressman Brady also shares some of the results of his survey of District 8 residents and what he is doing to hit the ground running on their behalf in 2010.
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12/28/09- In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady vows to fight on as House leaders face a trio of challenges to the Senate Health Care bill passed on a party line vote Christmas Eve. Congressman Brady also takes a closer look at new TSA rules in the wake of a foiled Christmas Day terror attack on an Amsterdam to Detroit flight and shares his hopes for 2010 as we prepare to bid farewell to a decade which ends on a sour economic note. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

12/21/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses the group think on Global Warming, explains the DC two-step that is raising the debt ceiling AGAIN, talks about why the latest House Stimulus plan is pure politics and the Senate is poised to pass a bill the American public doesn't want. Mr. Despite all these moves in the wrong direction, Mr. Brady also says America is still a blessed nation and he hopes all Americans remember those serving their country during the Christmas season.
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12/14/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady makes it clear that the U.S.Debt Ceiling should not be increased without the approval of 2/3rds of Congress in an open, public vote and stresses that the TARP has run its course and should be closed down. He also shares his concerns about talk of another political stimulus and the amount of debt that the Congress has racked up since Nancy Pelosi was handed the Speaker's gavel. Finally, he implores President Obama to think carefully about any actions he make wish to take in Copenhagen and weight what ramifications those actions might have on jobs here at home.
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12/07/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady expresses his grave concerns as three Navy SEALs prepare to appear for arraignment in a Court Martial proceeding over their allegedly rough handling of an Al Qaeda leader wanted for the 2004 torture and murder of 4 military contractors in Iraq
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576646,00.html).
Congressman Brady has joined in a Congressional letter to Defense Secretary Gates on this case which has many Americans expressing dismay thet terrorists are getting more rights than members of our military. Mr. Brady also addresses his concerns about yet another Presidential speech on the need for jobs while the House takes up a Financial Services bill that amounts to a takeover of the country's financial sector. And last, but not least, the Sunset Caucus, which Mr. Brady co-chairs, is pushing to stop $12.5 million in taxpayer dollars from being paid to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)in light of the global warming e-mail scandal. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

11/30/09 - As the President prepares to announce his long awaited Afghanistan war strategy, Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on what the delay has meant to our allies and our troops. Congressman Brady also addresses why small business isn't buying what Washington is selling right now, especially loads of new taxes just as the Senate starts debating health care. Mr. Brady also addresses the global warming e-mail scandal and the growing rift between Congress and the White House over ACORN. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

11/23/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why the Senate Health Care Bill (which passed a key procedural vote along party lines on Saturday) is more damaging to America than the House version and also bristles at what's been dubbed the "Louisiana Purchase" at a time when Texas' Hurricane Ike relief funds continue to be tied up in red tape. Saying the Administration should stop delaying a decision on Afghanistan and making plans to bring the self-proclaimed 9-11 mastermind and others to New York City for Trial, Congressman Brady is actively involved in efforts to get the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act to the floor of the House for an up or down vote. Happy Thanksgiving! Please remember to give thanks for our troops who are working so hard to protect our freedoms. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

11/16/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a closer look at new Obama Administration numbers that prove Speaker Pelosi's health care bill will raise health care costs $289 billion dollars in just ten years. As the Senate prepares to begin debate on a plan that will reportedly include Medicare payroll tax hikes, Congressman Brady reacts to a new Rasmussen poll that shows 50% of Americans see health care as their responsibility -- not the government's. He also explains why its a bad idea to try self-proclaimed 9-11 terrorists in New York City, expresses his disappointment in the way politics are undermining the military mission in Afganistan, and emphatically states that ACORN (which is suing the Congress after being defunded) should never get near another tax dollar. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

11/09/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down the close vote on Pelosicare and expresses his concerns that Congress didn't listen to the people who have repeatedly spoken out against a government takeover of health care. He also addresses a new Chemical Security Act which is likely to lead to job insecurity in southeast Texas, the 10.2% unemployment rate and thanks our veterans as America stops to remember those lost at Fort Hood and all those who have served. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

11/02/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says the fight is on to stop a 1,990 page Health Care Bill unveiled late last week and barrelling towards a House vote as early as Thursday. The Congressman says the bill doesn't address lawsuit abuse or require members of Congress to be on the 'public opinion' plan. He also discusses what this twice as large bill does have in the form of new mandates, taxes and cuts to Medicare. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

10/26/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down when the two houses of Congress might vote on health care reform, why the senate defeated a Medicare budget gimmick and what the failing Massachussett experiement with Universal Health Care can teach us. He also talks about his surprise when President Obama's Chief Economist Christina Romer
(http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/Brady_Romer_Release.html) told the Joint Economic Committee the stimulus (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/TX_Job_Loss_10_21_09.html) had peaked, the latest effort in Congress to raise the debt ceiling (for the fourth time since democrats took control of Congress less than 3 years ago and his fix for the Death Tax. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)