
After many years of hard work on important sales agreements with Colombia Panama and South Korea House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady says this afternoons long awaited votes are a win for both economic freedom and jobs creation. Read more about the path to this key vote in Roll Call KUHF and CNBC.
These three agreements will produce 250000 jobs and $13 billion in new sales nationwide. Texas stands to gain over 26000 jobs from the pending agreement with South Korea alone. As the top exporting state in the nation over 3 million jobs in Texas depend upon trade. Passing these Sell American agreements is the right thing to do for Texas manufacturers farmers and service companies.
Watch floor speeches here. Learn more about these Sell American Agreements here.
Well one of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans. President Ronald Reagans Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade and the Budget Deficit (May 16 1987)
Honoring our Brave Firefighters
Amazing Firefighters receive the thanks of a grateful county
We always knew our local firefighters were remarkable but now we know they are amazing. Our firefighters heroic efforts over the last month and half will be celebrated on Saturday October 29th at Unity Park in Magnolia.
Watch the video from Montgomery County Commissioners Court here. Read the Conroe Courier story here.
Kevin Brady on FOX Business Varney & Company
FOX Business Stuart Varney asked Joint Economic Committee Vice Chairman Brady about the Presidents Jobs Bill and whether it should be split into individual bills on specific issues. Watch the video here.
He also spoke with FOX26 anchor Jose Grinan about the nations unemployment picture. Watch that video here.
A statement on the latest employment numbers is on the committee website.
Welcoming Home our Heroes from Iraq
Seventy Conroe-based reservists with 1-158th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion return home to a heroes welcome
We cant thank our men and women in uniform enough for the sacrifices they make to keep us free. These Conroe-based reservists flew thousands of missions in Iraq over a yearlong deployment. Read more about the homecoming here.
I would like to again remind high school seniors and first year college students in the Eighth Congressional District that the deadline to apply for a service academy nomination is less than two weeks away. Applications must be in by October 24 2011. Criteria and applications can be found here.
As Congress prepares to pass historic jobs legislation that will open up three growing new markets to American businesses we will keep updating you through e-newsletters like this one facebook and twitter.