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Brady represents a Houston-area U.S. House district.

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Kevin Brady
stated on October 7, 2019 in a tweet:

Says the Associated Press was wrong to report that "Income Inequality grew to largest in 50 years" because in a "new Census report all four measures of income inequality SHRUNK, reversing rise over past five decades."

By Madlin Mekelburg • October 12, 2019
Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:

In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Kevin Brady
stated on June 24, 2016 in a press conference for Republican tax reform:

The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 28, 2016
Kevin Brady
stated on December 17, 2014 in a press release:

"Texas families have kept more than $10 billion in their family budgets since we successfully fought to restore Texas' sales tax deduction a decade ago."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 23, 2014
Kevin Brady
stated on July 28, 2010 in a U.S. House floor speech:

"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2010

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