Phil Gingrey: “But taxpayers in States with no income tax will not be allowed to deduct their sales taxes from Federal income tax if we…”

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.

We must scrutinize where every dollar of taxpayer money is being spent to ensure we are allocating these funds responsibly.

I thank Jim for yielding some of his time. Primarily, I will report on the Congressional Study Groups program. As a Member, I had the honor of co-chairing the Congressional Study Group on Germany for, I think, 4 years. It was absolutely…

I think it is really unconstitutional to say that Congress doesn't have the ability to mitigate as we do under the good advice that you give us.