Congressman Kevin Brady's Monday Morning Memo

Monday Morning Memo

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11/23/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why the Senate Health Care Bill (which passed a key procedural vote along party lines on Saturday) is more damaging to America than the House version and also bristles at what's been dubbed the "Louisiana Purchase" at a time when Texas' Hurricane Ike relief funds continue to be tied up in red tape. Saying the Administration should stop delaying a decision on Afghanistan and making plans to bring the self-proclaimed 9-11 mastermind and others to New York City for Trial, Congressman Brady is actively involved in efforts to get the Keep Terrorists Out of America Act to the floor of the House for an up or down vote. Happy Thanksgiving! Please remember to give thanks for our troops who are working so hard to protect our freedoms. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

11/09/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down the close vote on Pelosicare and expresses his concerns that Congress didn't listen to the people who have repeatedly spoken out against a government takeover of health care. He also addresses a new Chemical Security Act which is likely to lead to job insecurity in southeast Texas, the 10.2% unemployment rate and thanks our veterans as America stops to remember those lost at Fort Hood and all those who have served. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

11/02/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says the fight is on to stop a 1,990 page Health Care Bill unveiled late last week and barrelling towards a House vote as early as Thursday. The Congressman says the bill doesn't address lawsuit abuse or require members of Congress to be on the 'public opinion' plan. He also discusses what this twice as large bill does have in the form of new mandates, taxes and cuts to Medicare. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

10/26/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down when the two houses of Congress might vote on health care reform, why the senate defeated a Medicare budget gimmick and what the failing Massachussett experiement with Universal Health Care can teach us. He also talks about his surprise when President Obama's Chief Economist Christina Romer (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/Brady_Romer_Release.html) told the Joint Economic Committee the stimulus (http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/tx08_brady/TX_Job_Loss_10_21_09.html) had peaked, the latest effort in Congress to raise the debt ceiling (for the fourth time since democrats took control of Congress less than 3 years ago and his fix for the Death Tax. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

10/19/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady takes on how trillions in health care spending is being debated behind closed doors and how common sense amendments (like time to read the bill) are being shot down to pave the way to a nuclear option vote. As Lead House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, he also breaks down the numbers on stimulus jobs costing a half-a-million each to create yet only one is created for every hundred jobs lost and shares how many jobs have been lost in Texas since the Stimulus was passed. He also explains how Social Security recipients can get a boost without boosting the deficit, why bringing GITMO terrorists to the U.S. is as bad an idea as waiting to make a decision on Afghanistan and the silliness on Capitol Hill knows no bounds whether its hearings on NFL suspensions or bills to change the volume of commercials on your TV. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

10/12/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady takes on rumors of another stimulus, the CBO's score of the Senate Finance Committee's Health Care Bill and what economists are really saying about when new jobs might be created. Meanwhile, Washington, DC is the only place in the country where stimulus job predictions are being met. The Congressman also shares his thoughts on how to get the country's finances back on track and what he thinks the President should have told the Nobel Prize Committee. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

10/05/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why a White House decision on Afghanistan can't wait, how a new reporter proves the CIA didn't mislead Congress, what's next in the Rangel ethics battle, how government is holding back economy recovery and making unemployment worse and his thoughts on one thing that is so right with America. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

09/28/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on the news that an October vote on health care reform may be looming. He shares his concerns about the taxes in Sen. Baucus' bill and the gag order imposed on a Medicare Advantage provider who dared to tell their customers that changes could be coming. As for Iran's nuclear efforts and missile tests, Brady stresses that UN Resolutions aren't going to solve this one. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

09/21/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts on the President's latest media blitz and the status of the current health care bills on Capitol Hill. He also addresses the government takeover of the student loan industry, the political demise of a U.S. missile defense system and why defunding ACORN is just the beginning. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

09/14/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts after joining the March on Washington Saturday. He also takes on ACORN and the Administration's stand on NASA funding while taking a moment to look back on Hurricane Ike and how our southeast Texas communities have fared. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

09/07/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says he's heard from thousands of people at his more than 50 town halls and the message they have for Washington is clear -- stay out of my personal health care decisions. Bottom line, he hopes Congress gets the wake-up call the American people are sending and the President realizes that another sales pitch on Wednesday is not the solution. Brady also calls for hearings on the preponderance of Czars in Washington and shares how his family will handle the President's speech to school children. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

08/31/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about the still growing town hall movement and about efforts to censor opponents while proponents use a Senator's passing for political gain. Congressman Brady also addresses the Atlanta Federal Reserve Chief's estimate of what unemployment levels really are. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

08/24/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady analyzes the new deficit numbers which are much worse than the administration predicted. He also debunks the Administration's claims that Republicans are sinking the Democrat's health care bill and gives his take on why the President's poll numbers are plummeting as Americans learn just what the health care bill entails and how much it could cost. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

08/17/09 - In the�six months since President Obama's stimulus plan was born, two million more American jobs have been lost and the stimulus spending has�only seemed to grow one section of�the economy --�the deficit. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares some of the most egregious stimulus spending and why it keeps coming up as an issue during the health care debate. While the town halls continue to inspire him,�Brady warns that the rest of Congress ignores the concerns being raised only at their own peril. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

08/10/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says what his town halls are making one thing crystal clear to him -- his very diverse 11 county district is united against the health care 'reform' being steamrolled through Congress. He also addresses the White House's plan to get Americans to turn in their friends who oppose the measure and his anger at Congress for sneaking 8 new Congressional jets into a bill funding our country's national defense. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

08/03/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says now that the chaos of July is over, he's ready to spend August talking about health care at dozens of town hall meetings and get togethers across his 11 county district. He also discusses the latest numbers on the economy, tells us just who is paying the taxes in America and why its time to bury the death tax once and for all. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

07/27/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says there is a 50% chance the entire House of Representatives will vote on the Health Care Takeover Bill this week. He also takes us behind the scenes on Capitol Hill as arms are twisted and deals are made. Meanwhile, he says the Presidentshouldn't be be blaming Republicans for the health care vote holdup when his party has such a huge vote margin in both Houses of Congress. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

07/20/09 - As the Health Care Takeover bill rushes through the House, Congressman Kevin Brady says sensible amendments to the 1,000+ page bill – such as making Congress read it and accept it for their own health care needs – are being defeated on party line votes. In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Brady addresses why this bill could mean hospital closures and mass layoffs in the Houston area. He also takes the Social Security Administration to task for an ill-advised luxury retreat at a time when so many wait for long-delayed disability hearings and rulings. (MP3 audio - 7MB download)

07/13/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady answers serious questions (from will they get to read it all to what preposterous things are being added) about the health care bill that could be before the House Ways & Means committee this week. Congressman Brady also talks about Cap and Trade's increasingly uphill Senate battle and what he thinks about proposals to spend the TARP money as its repaid to the Treasury. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

07/06/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, why too many Americans could be forced onto a Medicaid-type program by a 'national health care' system and just what that system could be based on. Congressman Brady also takes a hard look at the Cap and Trade battle brewing in the Senate, spending cuts to Missile Defense amid North Korean threats and what Congress should be learning from the Tea Partiers. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

06/29/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes us inside the Cap & Trade battle and why its still not a done deal on Capitol Hill. In addition to sharing new information on the end of balanced budgets for generations and new signs that government intervention in private enterprise may be easing, he also has some thoughts on how this Independence Day week can be a renewal of our American Spirit. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

06/22/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says the government needs to learn how to run Medicare and Medicaid before taking over Health Care in American. He also shares some new numbers on the cost of Health Care Reform, the difference in cancer cure rates between the U.S. and countries with Nationalized Health Care, and details on the GOP plan. In addition to the release of new Hurricane Recovery dollars, Brady also talks about new efforts to shine the light on wasteful spending from http://www.sunshine.gop.gov to the new Sunset Caucus. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

06/15/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady discusses why he wrote the Governor pressing for 100% of federal Hurricane Relief Funds to be forwarded to local communities. The Congressman also shares his worries about the rush to passage for health care reform and Cap & Trade and his thoughts on a new Rasmussen Poll that found just 36% of Americans support continuing the Stimulus spending spree. (MP3 audio - 5MB download) - (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/economic_stimulus
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06/08/09 - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder�should not be�extending 6th Amendment rights to people who are in the U.S. illegally. Instead, Congressman Kevin Brady says the focus should be on�serious national security lapses and passing a troop funding bill that isn't larded up with spending like Cash for Clunkers when the highway trust fund is broke. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

06/01/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes a hard look at why the tensions are escalating with North Korea, what the average American family now owes to pay off the government's rising debts and why bankruptcy has been GM's best option for a long time now. He also sounds the alarm over the White House's last minute push to get ACORN involved in the Census and amazing comments by the Speaker of the House that "every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility [for global warming]. (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

05/25/09 - America is the land of the free because of the brave and Congressman Kevin Brady is honored to be spending much of the Memorial Day holiday weekend honoring America's heroes. Congress has found an issue to unite on and Congressman Brady says that issue is protecting all Americans from the terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay. He also discusses what Great Britian's newly downgraded credit rating means to us in this week's Monday Morning Memo and shares new information on the upcoming battle over global warming, including details about who is being hired to make sure Americans don't understand the details buried in the Global Warming Bill. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

05/18/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says Cap & Tax which was created through backroom deals will cost us all dearly while providing no guaranteed benefits for the environment. Brady also says no to tying closing GITMO to war funding, suggests Speaker Pelosi recuse herself from national security issues because she doesn't trust the intelligence community and they don't trust her, and shares how thousands of stimulus checks are being mailed to the dearly departed. (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

05/11/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares why he is submitting a list of reforms, instead of earmarks, in the new Highway Funding Bill. He is also urging Congress not to add unrelated spending to highway and war funding plans or push for a three flu shot regime for the swine flu without further study. Last, but not least, he shares the story of the Lone Star Honor Flight on which 110 World War II veterans were treated to an all-expenses paid trip to the WWII Memorial in Washington, DC over the weekend. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

05/04/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady sounds the alarm about a looming tax problem for many Americans and a deficit problem revealed by independent�international economist. Mr. Brady also talks about the government's mishandling of Chrysler, the New Health and Human Services Secretary's upcoming Health Care Reform meeting with the House Ways & Means Committee, what Justice Souter's retirement means to the Supreme Court, and the Speaker's hypocrisy on waterboarding. (MP3 audio - 6MB download)

04/27/09 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on the President's first 100 days (including�out-of-control spending and release of top secret�CIA memos) and�why Congress needs a so-called Truth Commission on the Financial Meltdown. He also shares his thoughts on the Cyber Attacks on our defense department and a controversial hate crimes bill due on the House floor this week.v (MP3 audio - 5MB download)

04/13/2009 - "In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady says he's ready to resume battling the President's bloated budget plan because southeast Texans vehemently oppose out of control federal spending and the higher taxes that will be needed to pay for it. Congressman Brady also addresses funding for our military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and his reaction to government reports that veterans and other concerned Americans are ‘extremists.’ (MP3 audio - 4MB download)

04/13/2009 - "In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, a member of the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Social Security, expresses grave concerns about the near bankrupt Social Security Trust Fund. With tax day fast approaching, Brady also cheers on the Tea Party Movement and shares three options for getting the I.R.S. out of our lives. (mp3 audio - 6.0 MB download)

04/06/2009 - "In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady celebrates what could be Texas's last early April Tax Freedom Day for many years to come thanks to the massive budget blueprint passed last week. Congressman Brady also weighs in on the Death Tax's return from the dead and what his plans are for his two weeks at home in Texas. (mp3 audio - 5.0 MB download)

03/30/2009 - " In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady breaks down this week's battle of the budget plans, explains why climate change bills will mean higher utility prices for Texas, shares insights on why one of the President's tax plans will devastate charitable giving and shares his thoughts on a senate plan to investigation college football. (mp3 audio - 5.0 MB download)

03/22/2009 - "In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady explains why cap and trade is a tax scheme that will raise the costs of energy for every family and business in America as well as why he supports a 100% return of the AIG bonuses to the U.S. Treasury not a 90% tax.

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03/16/2009 - "In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady denounces the idea of a second stimulus package when Americans still don't know how the Treasury Secretary's will deal with troubled banks. This new spending idea is coming to light as Americans are learning their new President and Congress are spending a BILLION of their future tax dollars every hour. (mp3 audio - 4.0MB download)

03/9/2009 - "We're going to pile on debt like America has never imagined" says Congressman Kevin Brady in this week's Monday Morning Memo. "This new White House has to restore its credibility by coming out with some real facts -- just the honest truth of where the economy is going" adds Brady who is concerned that those on unemployment may not be aware that it's taxable (a status Republicans tried to end in the stimulus bill). Brady says Americans should also be concerned about the accuracy of unemployment data should the census bureau be controlled by the White House. (mp3 audio - 3.0MB download)

03/2/2009 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares details on a new effort to monitor stimulus spending that the people have been clamoring for, the flaws in the Housing bill, DC Voting Rights, and yes, even more monkey business on Capitol Hill. (mp3 audio - 4.0MB download)

02/23/2009 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady offers President Obama a starting point for his Fiscal Responsibility Summit. He also takes on the out-of-control Congress’s newest spending spree -- the Omnibus -- and shares memories of an exciting week in District 8 with his DC and Texas staffs. Everyone got an earful over the stimulus. (mp3 audio - 5.0MB download)

02/16/2009 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady, the Senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, vows to closely monitor the stimulus spending spree he voted against. He also looks forward to taking his DC staff and Texas staff on a weeklong trek through the 8th Congressional District where he expects to get an earful about the stimulus. (mp3 audio - 4.0MB download)

02/09/2009 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady vows to fight the White House's plans to put the 2010 Census directly under the White House Chief of Staff's office and discusses opinion polls about the still growing and increasingly more controversial stimulus plan. (mp3 audio - 5.0MB download)

02/02/2009 - Congressman Kevin Brady weighs in on the Senate’s version of the controversial Stimulus Bill that didn’t get a single Republican vote in the House. In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Brady addresses his efforts to get President Obama not to reinstate the offshore drilling ban, his legislation with Senator Hutchison that would let Texas teachers, firefighters and police get the social security they’ve earned even if they have a separate pension, and the successful Iraqi elections. (mp3 audio - 5.0MB download)

01/26/2009 - In this week's Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady takes on the nearly $1 Trillion Economic Stimulus Plan and shares his thoughts on a better way to get America's Economy back on the right track. Mr. Brady also discusses why he voted against releasing the second half of the TARP funds and his concerns about closing GITMO (mp3 audio - 6.0MB download)

01/19/2009 - In this week’s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady shares his thoughts on Tuesday’s historical inauguration, the massive spending spree the Democrat-controlled Congress is embarking on and welcomes President Bush back to Texas with a heart-felt Thank You! (mp3 audio - 5.0MB download)

01/12/2009 - In this week�s Monday Morning Memo, Congressman Kevin Brady talks about the honor of being named Leading House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee at this critical time in our country�s economic history. As the new Ranking Republican on the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Trade, Brady says he will work hard to protect the jobs trade generates, including more than 2.2 million jobs here in Texas.
This coming week, Brady is making his first ever commutation request in hopes President Bush will � before leaving office � commute the sentences of jailed Border Agents Ramos and Compean. Last session, he filed a bill to keep the enhanced sentencing guideline used in the Agents cases from being used against law enforcement officers in the future.
And don�t think Bailout mania is over yet. An incredulous Brady weighs in on the Porn Industry�s request for $5 billion of you tax dollars. (mp3 audio - 7.0MB download)

01/05/2009 - In his first Monday Morning Memo of the 111th Congress, Congressman Kevin Brady addresses why a nearly $1 trillion dollar stimulus plan won�t work, from the secrecy in its development to the lack of buyers for the Treasury bonds necessary to finance it, and why Israel is right to defend themselves against terrorists who have no problem letting their children play in the streets while missiles are flying. (mp3 audio - 4.0MB download)