Kay Hutchison said...

In my state of Texas, which does not have an income tax, we rely heavily on revenue collected by sales taxes.

I write to applaud you for holding a hearing on the sales tax fairness issue.

So important. That is so important because we do have people who say, oh, we can do all of this so much more efficiently...

Without this deduction, taxpayers in Texas would see their Federal tax bills increase by an average of $500 for 2012.