Opening Statements
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. International trade is a powerful engine for economic growth and job creation, as our experience here…
Read More (Brady Opening Statement: Hearing on the Operation, Impact, and Future of the U.S. Preference Programs)(Remarks as Prepared) Madame Chairman, The people have spoken: they do not want a trillion-dollar government plan to replace their…
Read More (Remarks Before the Rules Committee, H.R. 3962 and the Republican Alternative, “Common Sense Health Care Reforms and Affordability Act”)(Remarks as Prepared) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Earlier this year this Subcommittee met to examine issues surrounding banking secrecy and…
Read More (Opening Statement: Hearing on Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Tax Compliance)Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding time. I want to thank you for holding this hearing. When the Ways and…
Read More (Boustany Statement: Hearing on the Administration of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit)Webster’s dictionary defines a safety net as “something that provides security against misfortune or difficulty.” That’s a broad definition, and safety nets…
Read More (Linder Opening Statement: Hearing to Evaluate the Response of “Safety Net” Programs)I’d like to thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing. As he knows, Republicans enacted many improvements to our…
Read More (Camp Statement on Hearing on Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Levels and Investment Advice Rules)Today’s hearing reviews the implementation of the Fostering Connections law approved last fall. That law made important changes we all…
Read More (Linder Statement: Hearing on the Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act)(Remarks as Prepared) Mr. Speaker, I intend to vote against this bill, but I recognize that it does contain one…
Read More (Camp Floor Statement on H.R. 3293 – Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act)Thank you, Chairman Levin. Policymakers should have access to the views of stakeholders on all sides of trade issues. The…
Read More (Brady Statement on Hearing on Trade Advisory Committees)Mr. Chairman, you and I have been here before, we were sitting in different chairs back in 1994, but we…
Read More (Camp Opening Statement on H.R. 3200 ” America’s Affordable Health Choices Act”)