Rick Allen: “I respect the creativity, diligence, and ardor with which the Senator from North Dakota pursues this issue. This issue…”

“I respect the creativity, diligence, and ardor with which the Senator from North Dakota pursues this issue. This issue of taxing or requiring retailers or sellers to tax that are not located within the State, that do not have a physical presence in the State, do not have a nexus in the State, is an argument that is as old as our Republic. One of the problems our Founders had, in going from the Articles of Confederation to our current Federal Republic, was that different States were imposing fines, taxes, and tariffs on interstate commerce. So that was one of the reasons we went to the current form we have--to at least have within our country a free trade zone and not have burdensome taxes on the flow of interstate commerce. The idea the Senator from North Dakota, Mr. Dorgan, proposes, with long, deliberative examination, may be worthwhile. But the issue at hand at this moment is that the moratorium on Internet access taxes and discriminatory taxes expired last Sunday, October 21.”