Lynn Jenkins: “I strongly support H.R. 4520 for many reasons. Number one, it protects American jobs. In addition, it brings some…”

“I strongly support H.R. 4520 for many reasons. Number one, it protects American jobs. In addition, it brings some measure of relief to a segment of our economy that has been under assault for a long period of time. Lawsuits, actions and inactions of our government have put hardworking tobacco farm families in peril and threaten the economic well-being of rural communities in many States. This will help prevent an economic train wreck in those areas that have depended on this crop as a mainstay of their economy longer than we have been a Nation. In addition, it will help, in my honest opinion, to satisfy the mandate of the fifth amendment to our Constitution that no property will be taken without just compensation. Finally, it will address a great inequity that has existed since 1986. It restores the State sales tax exemption for Federal income tax. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. I strongly support H.R. 4520 and I commend the chairman and the Committee on Ways and Means for bringing to the House this legislation to protect American jobs and to bring fairness to a segment of our agricultural economy and a section of our Tax Code.”