i'm kevin brady, chairman of the house ways and means committee. america is the greatest country on earth. we don't have to settle for second-rate economy where paychecks are flat and millions of qualified americans can't find full-time work. and why is america growing weaker while our foreign competitors grow stronger? the problem is the costly, complex and unfair tax code that washington imposes on hardworking taxpayers. house republicans, led by our speaker paul ryan, see a better way. and today we propose a new tax code for the american people, a tax code built for growth, for the growth of paychecks, for the growth of local jobs and the economy and the growth of america's economy. and first, we unleash new job creation. with the lowest taxes in modern history on local businesses, small or large, corporations or family owned and here's why. washington must take less from these job creators so they can grow the local economy rather than washington's economy. for the first time in history, we'll change the way america taxes its businesses so they

i'm kevin brady, chairman of the house ways and means committee. america is the greatest country on earth. we don't have to settle for a second-rate economy where paychecks are flat and millions of qualified americans can't find full-time work. and why is america growing weaker while our foreign competitors grow stronger? the problem is the costly, complex and unfair tax code that washington imposes on hardworking taxpayers. house republicans, led by our speaker paul ryan, see a better way. and today we propose a new tax code for the american people, a tax code built for growth, for the growth of paychecks, for the growth of local jobs and the economy and the growth of america's economy. and first, we unleash new job creation. with the lowest taxes in modern history on local businesses, small or large, corporations or family owned and here's why. washington must take less from these job creators so they can grow the local economy rather than washington's economy. for the first time in history, we'll change the way america taxes its businesses so th

scalise: well, i first want to congratulate kevin brady and the ways and means committee for the hard work that they've put in to get us to this point. you look at this plan and it represents over 50 members of congress who brought their ideas forward as well who represent every region of this country. everybody knows that this tax code is broken. it's one of the things that's holding back our economy, it's holding back our ability to compete with other countries. i am tired of seeing american companies leave america to be able to remain competitive. all that president obama does is criticizes the company when they're on their way out the door. doesn't it make a lot more sense to actually go and fix the problems that are causing american businesses to leave just to be competitive? that's what this code does. this new plan completely reorganizes the tax code that we all know is broken and creates a more simplified plan that makes it easier for families to save for their retirement. it makes it easier for small businesses to grow. we completely eliminate the death tax, one of the most i

i'm kevin brady, chairman of the house ways and means committee. america is the greatest country on earth. we don't have to settle for second-rate economy where paychecks are flat and millions of qualified americans can't find full-time work. and why is america growing weaker while our foreign competitors grow stronger? the problem is the costly, complex and unfair tax code that washington imposes on hardworking taxpayers. house republicans, led by our speaker paul ryan, see a better way. and today we propose a new tax code for the american people, a tax code built for growth, for the growth of paychecks, for the growth of local jobs and the economy and the growth of america's economy. and first, we unleash new job creation. with the lowest taxes in modern history on local businesses, small or large, corporations or family owned and here's why. washington must take less from these job creators so they can grow the local economy rather than washington's economy. for the first time in history, we'll change the way america taxes its businesses so they

i'm kevin brady, chairman of the ways and means committee. i wish all of america could meet bishop shirley and hear the inspiring stories we heard today. and this is not new to our speaker, who's been here three times, but is doing this all throughout this country. we're here because we care and we're serious about combating poverty in america and we're serious about helping millions of americans earn their success and that's what we're talking about. 46 million americans who live in poverty. that may seem like a number but think about it this way. think about every man, woman and child in 24 states in america who live in poverty. and they didn't just get there, they lived there too long and there's no hope for change unless this government changes, unless we do things differently and that's what this blueprint is about. we came together to look at and listen to people in leaders like bishop shirley's programs like this at the local level across america, looking at new and innovative ways, better ways to help get people out of poverty and rea

in a statement, chairman kevin brady of the house ways and means committee wrote, quote, administration officials knowingly circumvented congress and undermined the constitution. house republicans are suing the administration over this arguing the government is paying billions to insurance companies in a way inconsistent with the health care law. these estimated $130 billion in subsidies over the next decade are designed to offset costs insuring lower income americans. >> this is another example where the law is being administered in a way differently than it was literally written and the administration is using a broad interpretation in order to make obamacare work in the marketplace. >> reporter: democrats say government officials often disagree over policies. they won't to fisher's deposition claiming, quote, the commissioner gave me plenty of time to air my concerns. in tend, he made the decision that i actually would expect him to make. it was a decision i disagreed with. in a statement the top democrat on the house ways and means committee senator levin wrote, quote, regarding the

then we have representative kevin brady, chairman of the ways and means committee, from texas' eighth congressional district and first elected in 1996. congressman price? >> this is an exciting day where we finally put to rest the notion that republicans don't have a health care plan. in fact, we have had literally hundreds of them out there. but the problem is when you have hundreds of plans you don't have one. i want to commend my colleagues and fellow chairman for the work that has been done to pull this together. i want to thank the leadership and the speaker for corralling the will to make it happen and moving in a better direction for competent health care. we are proposing a patient-center solutions where patients and doctors are making medical decisions and not washington, d.c. the current path we are on has the majority of americans unsettled, if not outright opposed to the path we are on. i think it is important for us to ask the question why? why is the majority of americans don't like the path we are on as it relates to health care? i would suggest it is because it violate

joining us, house ways and means committee chairman, kevin brady. appreciate you being here from houston. i got good news for you. i'm not going to ask you to comment on any of donald trump's comments. but i am going to ask you if you are tired of people asking you to comment on donald trump's comments. >> you know, look, presidential races, you get asked about every comment, every breath, every action. that's not uncommon. what i really want to do, i think what most of us want to do, let's focus on getting the country turned back around. that's what house republicans under our speaker are determined to do, especially in the area of national security, in health care and fixing this broken tax code. >> when you talk about that, though, as you have donald trump being donald trump and throwing out these incredibly incendiary remarks, whether you agree with them or not, it's become almost impossible to talk about policy. is that a problem? >> well, in the ways and means committee, we are determined to make that policy discussion happen. i also think, lo

shake out here going forward is trade deals and the chairman of the house ways and means committee, kevin brady, said they should start getting a jump on that immediately. brady writing in a statement, and i'm quoting: in this time of uncertainty we should now begin to discuss a modern, new trade agreement with the uk that continues but expands the level of trade between our two nations. trade deals. one of the big questions here going forward. >> no doubt. no clarity on what is ahead. thank you. >>> isis supporters calling for new attacks in europe after the brexit vote. the intelligence and the analysis coming up as we continue to watch the dow jones industrial average in the last 45 minutes of the trading day ends, downward pressure continues, off more than 3.5%. the dow down 637 points and counting. crowd sounds ] oooh! [ brakes screech ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. excuse me, try this. but just one aleve can last 12 hours. tylenol and advil can quit after 6. [ cheering ] so live your whole day, not part... with 12 hour aleve. she glows colorful mystery and

today, the speaker's going to unveil their tax plan along with kevin brady.hat's behind all of this effort in terms of where the speaker wants these policies to go? why is he announcing them now? guest: he promised that he would do this right after he became speaker, last fall. and he was asked why are you doing this, won't you be stepping on the agenda of your presidential nominee, who at the time when we asked these questions, we had no idea who it would be. and he made clear that he wanted even then to sort of reassert the legislative branch's role in setting the agenda. he is a policy wonk as we call him, a thinker. but he also has an institutional interest in restoring the house of representatives and congress as an agenda setter not a responder to what the president says. he's been following through ith this he has used this as one of the reasons he said he has come around to supporting mr. trump as the republican candidate for president because he says, he's talked about this agenda with mr. trump and he agrees on more issues than not. all of that by w

today, the speaker's going to unveil their tax plan along with kevin brady. what's behind all of this effort in terms of where the speaker wants these policies to go? why is he announcing them now? guest: he promised that he would do this right after he became speaker, last fall. and he was asked why are you doing this, won't you be stepping on the agenda of your presidential nominee, who at the time when we asked these questions, we had no idea who it would be. and he made clear that he wanted even then to sort of reassert the legislative branch's role in setting the agenda. he is a policy wonk as we call him, a thinker. but he also has an institutional interest in restoring the house of representatives and congress as an agenda setter not a responder to what the president says. he's been following through ith this he has used this as one of the reasons he said he has come around to supporting mr. trump as the republican candidate for president because he says, he's talked about this agenda with mr. trump and he agrees on more issues than not. all of that by

i'm kevin brady, charmse of the ways and means committee. i wish all of america could meet bishop shirley and hear the inspiring stories we heard today. and this is not new to our speaker, who's been here three times, but is doing this all throughout this country. we're here because we care and we're serious about combating poverty in america and we're serious about helping millions of americans earn their success and that's what we're talking about. 46 million americans who live in poverty. that may seem like a number but think about it this way. think about every man, woman and child in 24 states in america who live in poverty. and they didn't just get there, they lived there too long and there's no hope for change unless this government changes, unless we do things differently and that's what this blueprint is about. we came together to look at and listen to people in leaders like bishop shirley's programs like this at the local level across america, looking at new and innovative ways, better ways to help get people out of poverty and rea

. >> today, house speaker paul the and kevin brady unveil gop tax proposals. you can see it live starting at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. president obama is in california today to deliver remarks and participate in a pound discussion with facebook's mark zuckerberg. at can see it live starting 1:45 eastern here on c-span. >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some of the programs coming up this weekend. booknnual roosevelt festival takes place in hyde park, new york. discussions,uthor euro politics, and personalities. featured authors include paul discussing his book. ,avid priest, marlene trestman , and alonzo hamby. then, at 10:00 eastern, "afterwords"- discusses the history of guns and how they became part of american culture. she also looks at the business end of manufacturing and selling arms. >> element of our current culture that had the very most to gain by elevating and celebrating their product was the very most invisible when we think about guns. the gun industry has become almost invisible. > on sunday, mar

brady, how do you really feel ben affleck? >> the intended to stay friends, but when taylor started to date, kevin started to delete all pictures of her, he started to fill her again -- you started to follow her again is it just keep in tabs or is he trying to stop her? >> an amazing 1.3 million people turned out in cleveland yesterday, three times the population of the city itself. congratulations lebron james and cleveland. >>> we sit down with the san jose earthquakes. we will talk about saturday's game. >>> also coming up, taking third overall in the nba draft. we have that story coming up in sports. hey guys lunch is here! it's on me fellas. with the chase mobile app, stephen curry can send money to more people in less time. thanks, steph! no problem. even to friends in a growing number of other banks. ya'll ready to go? come on fellas let's go! easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. >>> is now time for crown for sports. -- is time now for kron sports. >> the giants coming home, they finished off the pirates today and some giant fans at pnc park. going into the gap, before you know it, the giant