Proclamation No2022-26 BradyCity of Huntsville
Proclamation No. 2022-26
WHEREAS, U.S. Representative Kevin Brady ran for and won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives in 1990 and was elected to Congress in 1996; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady is a pro-family, pro-small business conservative who proudly represented the Eighth Congressional District of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady is widely recognized as a national economic leader, Kevin is only the third Texan in history to chair the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, which has
control over taxes, international trade, health care, Medicare, Social Security and welfare; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady, as Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, authored and led the historic reform of America’s Tax Code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) is the unofficial
name for the large set of changes to the Revenue Code of 1986, signed into law by President Trump in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady also served as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation and Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee of the House and Senate; and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady has been repeatedly named Hero-of-the-Taxpayers, Small Business Champion, and Super-Friend of the Seniors. He has received the Golden Bulldog Award by Watchdogs
of the Treasury, special recognition by Citizens Against Government Waste, and is a perennial winner of the Guardian of Small Business, Taxpayer Hero, and Spirit of Enterprise awards;
and
WHEREAS, Congressman Brady has been honored as Outstanding Texas Political Leader-of-the-Year and Deep East Texas Legislator-of-the-Year and was recently named as having one of the Top
Five Spending Cut Agendas on Capitol Hill
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Andy Brauninger, Mayor of Huntsville, Texas, do hereby issue this Proclamation to Congressman Kevin Brady in recognition of his many achievements, and we extend our
gratitude and sincere appreciation to Kevin for two decades of distinguished service as a State Representative and U.S. Congressman. We congratulate him for his many accomplishments
and wish him continued success and happiness as he retires.