Washington, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today Health Subcommittee Staff Director Emily Murry will be departing the Committee staff. Upon making this announcement, Chairman Brady released the following statement: “For over a decade, Emily has served the people’s House with distinction. Emily ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Treasury Department released proposed regulations concerning “Opportunity Zones,” a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “The new Opportunity Zone provision is an important part of tax reform, ...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a tradition with roots tracing back to 1945. The Committee on Ways and Means is proud to be a leader in addressing the barriers that can keep individuals with disabilities from returning to the workforce.  But significant challenges remain.  For example, while about 40 percent of Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Postal Service Office of Inspector General issued an audit report highlighting that drug dealers often use the international mail to ...

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary this week. As of the end of August, there are a record high 7.1 million job openings in America. This is great news that follows last month’s 

Reuters U.S. regains crown as most competitive economy for first time since 2008: WEF By Katanga Johnson October 16, 2018   The U.S. economy sits ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, pursuant to the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Act, sent ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced a change to his senior staff team for the Committee, naming Rob Damschen as Communications Director. Upon making this announcement, Chairman Brady said: “Rob is a respected professional who brings a high level of communications expertise to an ...

With the number of job openings remaining at a high of 6.9 million, the Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services (JOBS) for Success Act (H.R. 5861) is more important than ever. This bill, led by Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE), refocuses ...

Business Insider Walgreens is raising wages and it's all because of Trump's tax cuts By Varada Bhat October 11, 2018 The pharmacy-chain owner