Political Quotes

“that is, that you cannot have any exceptions to a national prohibition on Internet gambling if you want the policy to work, because if anyone can do it, then the gambling can occur in the homes, in the privacy of the homes around this country by children, by problem gamblers, or by anyone else if there is any exception because the Internet reaches across interstate boundaries. It knows no boundaries. It reaches into any State. And no State can protect its citizens and protect its public policy of outlawing this activity. I want to make it very clear that this activity is not being conducted legally today. In a letter written by the State attorneys general, including the attorney general of Idaho on this precise point, the attorneys general said, If Internet gaming is allowed to facilitate the remote placing of bets on an Indian gaming activity, the ultimate absurdity would result.”