"This is clearly not a business model in its infancy, and there should be no doubt that this is not a new tax."
"Some retailers have to collect the tax from the consumer and some don't for the very same product. That is just not fair."
"Each sales tax dollar not collected is a service not provided and a possible job lost."
"Rather than hide its head in the sand, Congress could solve this issue for all States by allowing States to require online sellers to collect tax even if they do not meet a physical presence test."
"H.R. 3179, the 'Marketplace Equity Act of 2011,' introduced by my colleagues, Representatives Steve Womack and Jackie Speier would grant that much-needed authority."
"I am impressed by you. I have not been impressed, however, by what I see as a west coast crisis."
"Had we not intervened, Mr. Sollenburg would be probably dead today."
"Now, the good news there is, because we had that fix-it meeting, within a week he was given retroactive payment of $32,000."
"Thank you for allowing me to sit in on this hearing and to participate in it."
"We have done a horrible job. It has gone on now for a quarter of a century."
"Why do we not just create a presumption? If someone comes forward and says they are a victim of military sexual assault or trauma, that we believe them."
"I am so tired of hearing persons in your position and higher say there is zero tolerance for MST and yet there is another scandal underway right now."