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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Apr 24, 2013

Let's keep going down the line, if we can, to get some more ideas on how we can coordinate what is already happening within the agencies.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Apr 24, 2013

I'm more convinced that it's over water, because it's through water that we will be able to control so much of what we do in other parts of our world.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Apr 24, 2013

go fight the good fight, because Alaska also doesn't have that sales tax.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

I urge the Senate to pass S. 335, which was also included as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

I thank my senior Senator for his championing and his leadership and his longtime defense of the Internet as a place of fair transactions for small businesses and large, as a tax-free zone. I hope this Chamber is not engaging in a course…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

Well, I appreciate the Senator expanding on that. On page 6 of this bill, there is a line that starts out very promising: ``Relieve remote sellers and certified software providers from liability to the State or locality for incorrect…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

The Senator makes a great point. If States have not voluntarily entered into compacts where they get to collect their own sales tax for other States where it is a mutually beneficial relationship, then it is very strange to have to be…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

Mr. President, I compliment the senior Senator from Oregon who has come to this floor and very clearly laid out what is felt in the heart of Oregonians across our State, and that is this bill tells Oregonians they have to be the collection…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

Mr. President, I think about the small businesses that would be subject to so many jurisdictions that they now have a tax relationship with and the responsibility to collect for and the possibility of having to basically call them and say…

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

We urge you to resist any attempt to remove this exemption.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Apr 24, 2013

Oregonians want an assurance that the water won't be cutoff to the Klamath project this summer.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

Independent experts believe that the Affordable Care Act, despite its name, might very well increase what Americans spend on health care, both in terms of money and in time.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

I think the most important change we can make in our health care system to encourage price competition and quality competition would be to allow everybody to have a flexible health savings account.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

We are all in the middle of the transition to the Affordable Care Act and we are all kind of watching the Administration right now trying to implement things.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

We exist to secure two fundamental principles: first, that Americans have the right to know the money Washington takes from them is well spent; and, second, Americans deserve an efficient, effective Government that works for them.

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Apr 24, 2013

We will work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the American people to bring genuine reform to the Federal bureaucracy.

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