Honorable Phil Gingrey
United States Representative, Georgia, Republican
Representative Gingrey, of the Eleventh District of Georgia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He is a practicing obstetrician. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the December 1, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 3463, to end taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission. As presidential campaigns in this day and age have become increasingly expensive to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, the idea of having taxpayers contribute matching funds to them has become ludicrous. Ending this practice…
