Brady Announces Federal Funding for San Jacinto County Constable’s Office Precinct 4
12/22/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the San Jacinto County Constable’s Office Precinct 4 has been awarded an More...
Brady Announces Federal Funding for The Woodlands Fire Department
12/21/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that The Woodlands Fire Department has been awarded a $30,935.80 federal grant from More...
Brady Announces Federal Funding for Woodville Police Department
12/21/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Woodville Police Department has been awarded a $24,175 federal grant from More...
Brady Announces Federal Funding for Vidor Police Department
12/21/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Vidor Police Department has been awarded an $11,500 federal grant from More...
House Passes Bill Banning Imports of Lead Tainted Toys
12/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady today voted in favor of a bi-partisan bill aimed at protecting children from toys tainted with lead More...
Rural Health Programs Avoid Cuts
12/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed legislation to extend health care programs essential to rural communities which were set to expire at the More...
Republicans Succeed in Preventing AMT Tax Increases
12/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will prevent 23 million new Americans from paying the alternative minimum tax, More...
Brady Supports Extending Children’s Health Program
12/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program until March 2009. The legislation, known as More...
House Passes Tax Benefits for Military Servicemen and Veterans
12/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) voted in support of a bill to expand tax benefits for our military men and More...
Latest Democrat “No” Energy Bill:Better, but Still Misguided
12/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a modest Energy Bill which House Democrats concede falls far short of their campaign More...
House Passes Tax Relief for Homeowners Losing Their Homes
12/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives voted for the third time on a bill that would offer tax relief to Americans who, More...
Brady Opposes Massive Democrat Spending Bill
12/17/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) will vote against the half-trillion dollar spending package proposed by Democrats, scheduled for consideration by the More...
Brady Attends White House Signing of Peru Trade Agreement
12/14/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Representative Kevin Brady attended President George Bush’s signing of the Peru-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which passed Congress with overwhelming More...
House Democrats Play More Games with Alternative Minimum Tax
12/12/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady today opposed efforts by the Democrat majority to raise taxes to pay for temporary tax relief for More...
“Missed Opportunity”
12/12/2007: Conroe, Texas - After President George W. Bush today pardoned and commuted the prison sentences of 29 pardons convicted felons, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady More...
Brady Urges Action on Rural Health Provisions
12/12/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), joined by members of the bipartisan Rural Health Care Caucus, called on the House More...
House Passes Brady Measure Helping Local Timber Companies
12/7/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) is pleased that the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday included a provision in its latest More...
Brady Pushing Legislation to Expand Hope Scholarships for College Students
12/7/2007: Washington, D.C. - At the urging of Texas community colleges, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady will introduce legislation next week in Congress to allow college More...
Democrat Energy Legislation:“OPEC WILL LOVE THIS BILL”
12/6/2007: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a modest Energy Bill which House Democrats concede falls far short of their campaign More...
Brady Urges Appeal Court to Grant New Trial to Border Agents
12/3/2007: Conroe, Texas - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) is urging the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to grant a new trial and More...
Democrats Raise Taxes on Community Real Estate and Housing
11/9/2007: Washington, D.C. - Despite strong opposition by U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Democrats today pushed through legislation that raises taxes on owners of second More...
House Passes Extension of Sales Tax Deduction
11/9/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-year extension of state and local sales tax deduction pushed by Texas Congressman More...
Trade Deficit Shrinks, Thanks to Strong Export Growth
11/9/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today announced that the U.S. trade deficit – the difference between imports and exports – has decreased More...
Brady Applauds House Passage of Trade Agreement with Peru
11/8/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives approved the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement by a vote of 285 to 132. Congressman Brady (R-Texas) More...
Brady Fights Tax Increases on Second Homes, Local Real Estate Development
11/2/2007: Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, as the House Ways and Means Committee considered ways to delay for one year the Alternative Minimum Tax, U.S. More...
Ways & Means Democrats Reject Brady Amendment to Increase Deduction for Teachers’ Classroom Expenses
11/1/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today offered an amendment to H.R. 3996, the “Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007,” which would More...
House Ways and Means Committee Approves Brady’s Extension of Sales Tax Deduction
11/1/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) wants to preserve a tax deduction that saves Texans more than $1 billion per year on More...
Helping Texas Veterans Find Their Way Home
11/1/2007: Washington, D.C. - The possibility of home ownership for our returning veterans was increased today with the House Ways and Means Committee’s adoption of More...
Brady Applauds Committee Passage of Trade Agreement with Peru
10/31/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, for which Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) has More...
Congressman Brady Hires New Field Representative
10/29/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) recently added Brandon Reese to his Congressional staff as the new Field Representative for Walker, More...
Reps. Crowley, Brady Unveil Initiative to Eliminate Outdated Tariffs on Footwear
10/24/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressmen Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Kevin Brady (R-TX), both members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today unveiled the More...
Brady Announces Small Business Administration Assistance after Hurricane Humberto
10/23/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is making low interest disaster More...
Democratic Political Games Backfire
10/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi today watched her political gambit on children’s health insurance fail as the House voted to uphold the president’s More...
Brady Statement on Release of Deputy Gilmer Hernandez
10/16/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding Gilmer Hernandez, a rural Texas deputy sheriff who was prosecuted and More...
Costa Ricans Say "Yes" to DR-CAFTA
10/8/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today applauded Costa Rican voters for supporting the adoption of the United States-Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade More...
Brady Supports President’s Veto of SCHIP Bill
10/3/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) released the following statement today after President Bush vetoed congressional Democrats’ latest version of the federal More...
Quit Playing Political Games with our Kids
9/28/2007: It’s bad enough that Congress continues to play politics with the war. Now they are playing politics with little kids. Despite More...
Brady Disappointed by Latest Children’s Insurance Bill
9/25/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, announced he will oppose congressional Democrat’s latest More...
Congressman Brady Statement on Honoring Dr. Michael DeBakey with the Congressional Gold Medal
9/17/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement today as the House More...
Brady Announces Sam Houston State University Federal Grant Award of $297,959
9/11/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that Sam Houston State University has been awarded $297,959 from the Substance Abuse More...
Congressman Brady Statement on Testimony of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker
9/10/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas), member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement today as General David More...
Congressman Brady Announces Walker County Eligible for FEMA Assistance
8/7/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that Walker County has been added to the Presidential Disaster Declaration for More...
GET INVOLVED. SHARE YOUR IDEAS.
8/6/2007: Washington, D.C. - Worried about your health care or the future of health care in America? Tired of Washington’s gridlock and stale ideas? Well, More...
KID CARE VS. MEDICARE
7/31/2007: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program until March 2009. The legislation, known as More...
Brady Secures $375,000 for Sam Houston State University Crime Laboratory
7/27/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today secured House approval of $375,000 for Sam Houston State University for a Rural More...
Brady Secures $125,000 for Genomic Research
7/27/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) has secured House approval for $125,000 in funding for the Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine, a More...
Brady Secures $1.3 Million for Transportation Projects
7/26/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today secured House approval of $1.3 million for local transportation projects in the 2008 Transportation More...
Brady Secures Funding to Help Upgrade Port of Orange Rail Line
7/26/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today secured House approval for $500,000 in federal funding to help rehabilitate the freight railroad More...
Brady Announces Eighth District Mobile Office Schedule
7/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady’s (R-The Woodlands) Eighth District Mobile Office will be making its rounds to local communities throughout the region More...
House Passes Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
7/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) successfully secured House approval for $1.3 million of additional funding for Town Bluff Dam and More...
House Passes Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
7/17/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that he successfully secured House approval for $600,000 in federal funding to help More...
Congressman Brady Opposes Democrat Resolution to Withdraw Troops by April 2008
7/12/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today released the following statement on the controversial Democrat resolution to withdraw troops in Iraq by More...
Brady Announces Department of Agriculture Extends Emergency Program to Restore Forests
7/11/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today announced that sign-up for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program More...
Brady Applauds Signing of U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement
6/28/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today attended the signing of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, held at the Organization of More...
Brady Calls for Renewal of Trade Promotion Authority
6/28/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today joined with Republican leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee, Jim McCrery of Louisiana More...
HOUSE GOP REJECTS SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL
6/27/2007: Washington, D.C. - House Republicans, including U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, (R-Texas) voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to oppose the immigration bill currently under debate in the More...
Brady Meets with DEA Administrator Tandy
6/27/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) met with Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy today in Washington to address the seriousness More...
Brady, Meeks Launch Congressional Services Caucus
6/26/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today launched the new, bipartisan Congressional Services Caucus, with colleagues Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), More...
Brady Disappointed at Breakdown of WTO Talks
6/21/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) responded with disappointment at the failure of key countries participating in the Doha Round of World Trade More...
Brady Honors Jasper Bulldogs by Wearing Team Uniform in Congressional Baseball Game
6/21/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) will wear the uniform of the Texas 3A state champion Jasper Bulldogs in the 46th annual More...
Hutchison and Brady Introduce Legislation to Protect Social Security for Teachers, Public Servants
6/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, and U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), a member of More...
Brady to Introduce Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization
6/14/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, who helped steer the successful passage of the DR-CAFTA trade agreement through Congress, is drafting a 21st More...
Brady’s Statement on DEA’s Issuance of Search Warrants in Orange County
6/13/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement after being informed by the DEA and other officials that 3 federal More...
BRADY TELLS SPEAKER PELOSI: NO SECRET EARMARKS
6/13/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and other Republicans joined together this week to nearly shut the House down for regular business More...
BLUNT NAMES BRADY TO WHIP’S WORKING GROUP ON TRADE
6/13/2007: Washington, D.C. - House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) announced today that Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) has been appointed to serve on a select More...
Untie the Shoe Tax!
6/12/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressmen Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Kevin Brady (R-TX) today unveiled the bipartisan Affordable Footwear Initiative (AFI), legislation that would eliminate More...
Brady Welcomes Release of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Text
5/25/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady congratulated U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Karan Bhatia, Assistant USTR Wendy Cutler and the More...
Continental Airlines Gets Level Playing Field
5/25/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) who fought the past year for equal treatment for Continental and American airlines after a pension More...
U.S. House Expands Veterans Benefits
5/24/2007: Washington, D.C. - Gulf War Veterans will receive five years of free health care benefits under a measure approved in the U.S. House of More...
Congress Approves $6.27 Billion For Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery
5/24/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced three major victories for Texas hurricane recovery included in the Iraq War funding bill More...
Congressman Brady’s Statement on Intelligence Authorization Bill
5/11/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement opposing the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2008 which passed the House early More...
Brady Welcomes Announcement of Way Forward on Trade Agenda
5/10/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) welcomes the bipartisan announcement by House Leaders and Administration officials on new trade language that paves the More...
A Public Service Announcement from Congressman Brady:
5/8/2007: Washington, D.C. - With summer right around the corner, and many folks planning to travel overseas for vacations or on church missions, Congressman Brady More...
Republicans Block Highway Cuts For Texas
5/3/2007: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday House Democrats failed in their attempt to override the President’s veto of the Iraq War Supplemental spending measure, which included More...
Brady Opposes ‘Hate Crimes’ Bill
5/3/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement opposing the Democrat "hate crimes" bill passing the U.S. House today by a 237-180 vote. More...
DEMOCRATS LOSE BATTLE OVER WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM IRAQ
5/2/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement this afternoon after the House successfully voted to uphold President Bush’s More...
PRESTO! HOUSE MAGICALLY CREATES TWO NEW CONGRESSIONAL SEATS
4/19/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today voted against a bill, H.R. 1905, which quickly expands the U.S. House of More...
Brady Announces Final HUD Approval of State Plan to Spend Hurricane Recovery Funds
4/13/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) applauded today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approving Texas’ More...
Brady Re-Appointed to Joint Economic Committee
3/30/2007: Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leader John Boehner has re-appointed U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) to the Joint Economic Committee for the 110th More...
DEMOCRAT BUDGET INCREASES DEFICIT, RAISES TAXES
3/28/2007: Washington, D.C. - The first Democratic budget in twelve years was unveiled this week, and it looks familiar to those who remember the last More...
HOUSE VOTES TO RAISE WHITE FLAG
3/23/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) voted today to oppose a Democrat-led bill that sets a timetable for retreat from Iraq More...
Congressman Brady Opposes “Worker Intimidation Act”
3/1/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today strongly opposed H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007, which - for More...
Local Veterans’ Wishes Finally Granted
2/26/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) who has fought for the past two years to build a local veterans’ health care clinic More...
Brady Opposes Congressional Interference in Battlefield Decisions
2/16/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) delivered the following remarks on the House floor on February 15, 2007 in response to H. More...
We Can Do Better Than First 100 Hours
2/7/2007: Voters are smart. As the last election showed, sometimes political parties get too big for their britches and the American voters More...
Brady Announces Eighth District Mobile Office Schedule
2/5/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady’s (R-The Woodlands) Eighth District Mobile Office will be making its first round of visits this year to More...
Keeping Texas Competitive
1/31/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) welcomed President Bush’s call today for Congress to renew his ability to negotiate trade promotion agreements More...
Texas Punished in Democrat Budget
1/31/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement in response to today’s vote on H.J.Res. 20 – Revised Continuing More...
Before You File! New Tax-Saving Tool for Texas Families
1/30/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Internal Revenue Service has a new sales tax deduction calculator on More...
House Democrats Designate Texas Energy Workers as “Foreign Workers”
1/18/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today voted against a bill that punishes Texas energy workers and companies, H.R. 6, the More...
Congressman Brady Statement on Student Loans
1/17/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement in response to today’s vote on H.R.5, the College Student Relief More...
Seniors Warned of Medicare Scam: Democrat “Negotiation” Bill
1/12/2007: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) will vote today against a bill forcing the federal government to interfere with successful Medicare Prescription More...
Congressman Brady Opposes Expanding Taxpayer Funding of Controversial Embryonic Stem Cell Research
1/11/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement opposing expanding federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Congressman More...
Congressman Brady Statement on the President’s New Iraq Strategy
1/10/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement in response to President Bush’s New Iraq Strategy. "The President's message More...
Congressman Brady’s Statement on Minimum Wage
1/10/2007: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement in response to H.R.2, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, More...
Brady and Bi-Partisan Coalition Introduce Legislation to Make Permanent the Sales Tax Deduction
1/5/2007: Washington, D.C. - Millions of Americans will soon be receiving their W-2 in the mail, marking the official start of another income tax season. More...