I thank Congressman Graves for joining me in introducing the legislation.
it is a very regressive tax, because it is not adjusted to the person's income.
while car rental excise taxes may seem like an attractive option for shifting the burden of paying for a stadium onto non-residents, in trut...
this is a most serious regressive tax.
I appreciate the bipartisan support for H.R. 2469.
And I thank my predecessor in the Judiciary Committee, and in the House, Rick Boucher, a fine gentleman from Virginia.
I have warned that the number one issue, in my opinion, plaguing transportation in America is vehicular congestion.
Would it be so awful to exacerbate the tax burden on the multi-, multi-, multi-millionaires and billionaires who own these teams?
the very same people who can't afford tickets to go into the stadium are the same ones that pay more for--for the rental car taxes.
I do not think anybody is going to consider that to be a very astute or intelligent thing to do.
I thought Senator Carper's advice was pretty good about leadership.
Mr. Chairman, I will follow that up with you. If you are right, I will accept your point. I think you are wrong.
But I am deeply disturbed by this, and I don't know all the answers.
In my experience in public life, which goes back 40 years, I have never seen anything like this before.
According to United States Code 5841, it says, 'Each member of the Commission shall have equal responsibility and authority in all decisions...
No, but it didn't change that law, did it?
We all have a duty to do all that we can, even if it is not enough.
I remember the hearing for three new members of the Commission, three appointees of President Obama and how pleased I was with the President...
