Poverty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady released the following statement in response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s…
Read More (Brady Statement on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Report on Poverty)This week, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and other Republican leaders…
Read More (What They’re Saying: House Republicans Have a #BetterWay to Fight Poverty)WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement at a…
Read More (HEARING: Chairman Brady Opening Statement at Hearing on “Reaching America’s Potential”)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today that the Committee’s first hearing of the year is…
Read More (HEARING: Schedule Change: Brady Announces First Committee Hearing of 2016)WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced that the Committee will hold its first…
Read More (HEARING: Brady Announces First Committee Hearing of 2016)Today, the House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), held a hearing on ways…
Read More (Human Resources Subcommittee Discusses Need to Better Coordinate Dozens of Anti-Poverty Programs)Last week, Ways and Means launched a new series highlighting the many different reasons for welfare reform, and why now…
Read More (Reasons for Reform: Helping People Escape Poverty)Here’s an idea: welfare reform. Though a rewrite of our welfare system is an ambitious goal, too many Americans are…
Read More (Reasons for Reform: Improving Opportunity in America)WASHINGTON, DC — Earlier today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke to Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s The…
Read More (Paul Ryan Discusses Poverty, Pope Francis, and Planned Parenthood with Jake Tapper on CNN)“A portrait of economic stagnation,” said the Wall Street Journal. “America’s quagmire” is how CBS News put it. These are the…
Read More (Inside the Numbers on Poverty and Income in America)