Marc Molinaro: “We shoulder the highest burden of taxation of any people in the country--even more than California.”

Thank you for holding today's hearing, Mr. Chair.

Obviously, many of us all watched what occurred in East Palestine thinking, what if it was our communities?

Since 9/11 of 2001, we have talked about interoperability and shared communication, and we have failed significantly.

Louisville is a union town. And truly, from the fact that every Ford Escape and every Ford F-250 and above is made in Louisville, Kentucky, and that our baseball bats and even our bourbon are made with union labor right there in…