Heidi Alexander: “These are letters from Senators to the leaders of the Finance Committee. The first letter is dated January 31, 2012…”

“These are letters from Senators to the leaders of the Finance Committee. The first letter is dated January 31, 2012, last year, at the beginning of the year. It was from five Democrats and five Republicans who introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act. It asks for a hearing, asks for the committee to act. That is the first letter. The next letter came this year, on February 14, from 16 Senators, both parties, to the Finance Committee, asking the Finance Committee to act on the Marketplace Fairness Act. Then there is a letter to the leaders of the Finance Committee from the National Governors Association, signed by the Democratic Governor of Washington and the Republican Governor of Tennessee, asking the Finance Committee, on behalf of the States, to consider this legislation and act on it. The Finance Committee elected not to do that. This information will be part of the Record. Finally, there is also a letter dated April 22 of this year from the National Governors Association urging Senators Reid and McConnell to pass this legislation. I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: National Governors Association, Washington, DC, December 11, 2012. Hon. Max Baucus, Chairman, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Orrin Hatch, Ranking Member, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.…”