Honorable Kevin Brady
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Brady, of the Eighth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee. The following is from the July 17, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 6515, the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act. It is a very unfortunate time when families are struggling to try to make ends meet with these energy prices, small businesses too. Basically, Congress is debating a bait-and-switch piece of legislation. Democrats are hoping that the American public…