[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 192 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1250-E1251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING CONGRESSMAN KEVIN BRADY OF TEXAS

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 12, 2022

  Mr. Cuellar. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor Congressman Kevin 
Brady upon his retirement after 13 terms in the House of 
Representatives.
  There are two kinds of people in Congress: workhorses and show 
ponies. Anyone who has spent time with Congressman Brady knows that he 
is a member of the former group. We may be members of different 
parties, but l always knew that Congressman Brady did what he thought 
was best for the working families and seniors of the Lone Star State.
  This was true when we served together in the Texas House of 
Representatives, and it was true during our time in Congress.
  Congressman Brady is just the third Texan to ever chair the House 
Ways and Means Committee. Among his many accomplishments, he was 
instrumental in passing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and 
restoring the federal sales tax deduction. He helped secure emergency 
federal relief for Texas communities struck by natural disasters. and 
he is a staunch advocate of rare disease research.

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  After 26 years in the House, Congressman Brady has earned the right 
to step away and spend more time with his family--his wife Cathy and 
his two sons, Will and Sean. It has been an honor to call him not only 
a colleague, but also a friend--or as Robert Puente would say, amigo. 
Once again, I would like to congratulate him on his retirement and wish 
him the very best in the next chapter of his life.

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