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Trade-deal doomsayers are raising a stink about one of the more mundane procedures of trade law: the investor-state dispute settlement…
Read More (ISDSWhat’s That?)February 16, 2015—Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan speaking with Singapore Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam. On Monday, a congressional delegation led…
Read More (Ryan Delegation Meets with Leaders in Singapore)Expandingand deepening trade relationships produces stronger national security. That was the message today from newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. And he‘s calling…
Read More (SecDef: Trade Enhances U.S. Security)?Lastweek, the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee heard from family businesses and farmers struggling to pay or simply…
Read More (Minority Business Leaders Call for Death Tax Repeal)This week, the House has an opportunity to finally move beyond one of the more problematic policy issues of this…
Read More (Moving Past the SGR What it Means)Americans deserve a government thats efficient and effective, but thats not exactly how youd describe the IRS. So on Wednesday, the Ways…
Read More (Wanted: Accountability at the IRS)The Woodlands Villager op-ed President Thomas Jefferson once urged, “Don’t ask, act! Action will delineate and define you.” In the…
Read More (Kevin Brady Op-Ed: Let’s Take First Step to Saving Medicare)Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had some mechanism like trade promotion authority (TPA) to help advance America’s trade…
Read More (Yes, Reagan Used Trade Promotion Authority)With oral arguments at the Supreme Court behind us, now the wait begins. In a few months, we’ll learn whether…
Read More (An Off-Ramp from Obamacare: A Necessity and An Opportunity)American job creators need fair and strong rules that hold people in other countries accountable when they violate our intellectual…
Read More (Job Creators Need Trade Deals to Protect U.S. Intellectual Property)