AUSTIN Texas (Texas Insider Report) Fortunately Texas is doing great but the rest of the country? Not so good Texas Cong. Kevin Brady Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and chair of the House Ways & Means Committees Health Subcommittee tells Insiders Jim Cardle.
This is the most disappointing recovery in half a century and were missing about 6 million jobs that should be back by now. Thats enough to put everyone whos looking for work back into a job in 44 states.
The small businessman has really paid the biggest price in this slow recovery and many of them just arent back 
to where they want to be Brady said.
But thank goodness for the energy revolution. Hiring is going on from the very low-skilled to the very high-skilled paying salaries you can raise a family on across all and every ethnic group. Energy is really the life-saver right now for our economy.
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By some estimates we will need 3 Keystone Pipelines built every year over the next two decades just to make this energy revolution real for American families & businesses Brady said. And its the second largest writer of tax revenue so the energy industry is helping us get back to a balanced budget. We just need to do more to get out of their way.But here it is 5 years after the recovery began and we are way behind where we ought to be said Brady.
What our nations small businesses tell us (the Joint Economic Committee) is that all the red tape coming out of Washington the Affordable Health Act and all the mandates and costs there is forcing them to pull their punches on job hiring when theyd rather be going forward.
The missing ingredient out of the economic recovery is not consumer spending its back up it isnt government spending that bounced back quickly it is business spending and investment. When U.S. businesses start buying more equipment buildings and software ... when they invest back into their company thats the one thing thats really missing out of this recovery Brady said.
Texas Cong. Kevin Brady is Chairman of both the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committees Health Subcommittee.
As a senior member of the House Ways & Means Committee considered by many to be the most powerful committee in Congress he has jurisdiction over the IRS and tax policy health care Social Security Medicare international trade and welfare.
A champion of free enterprise and American-made energy Brady says his focus is creating jobs reducing Washington spending and sunsetting obsolete federal agencies.
