John Boozman actually said...

"The vast majority of retailers who are overwhelmingly supportive of this--they don't really understand why they're not doing as well as they would like."

"electricity would rise by, if we went to cap and trade, which was suggested by some here, electricity would rise $1,358 a year and $1.27 per gallon increase in gasoline prices."

"Consumers expect the retailer to collect the sales tax. They don't even think about the sales tax as an obligation of their own."

"I guess what I am saying is that it is dangerous to really infer, and you can correct me from just what is going on this summer as compared to the whole deal."