Phil Gingrey: “There is nothing more permanent than a temporary federal government program.”

I want to thank Chairman Murphy for holding the hearing, educating members of the subcommittee on the impact of the Obama Administration's continued, and make no mistake about it, war on coal is what it is, is having on local communities.

The federal government has this bad tendency of torching a village to kill a gnat, and I think that is the real problem here

As educators and legislators, we must not neglect our duties to equip these young people, our children, these students, with the tools and the knowledge to build a successful career.

That is categorically untrue.