As chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Brady opposed a resolution to request ten years' worth of returns from President Trump and his business entities. Brady said in 2017 that the resolution was an abuse done for "obvious political purposes". In September 2020, after the "New York Times" published an extensive report on President Donald Trump's tax records and business dealings spanning two decades, Brady called for an investigation in the "New York Times" and the sources behind the report.