Political Quotes

“I want to take a moment to say a special word of thanks to a former member of my staff who has meant a lot to me and has performed great service in my office. Corey Tellez was part manager and part legislative magician. She was also my deputy chief of staff. She was one of the first persons I would reach out to. She seemed to always find a way to translate big ideas into legislation and then legislation into law. Corey is driven by solid values. She has a special talent for management and organization. Every Senator should be so lucky to have a Corey Tellez on their staff. Corey joined my staff nearly 11 years ago as my economic policy adviser. Her first assignment was to help craft and build support for a bill called the Marketplace Fairness Act. Here was the goal: give Main Street businesses across America, mom-and-pop shops, a level playing field on which to compete against the giant online retailers by giving States the option to require out-of-State businesses to collect sales tax on online sales, the same way local businesses do. The big online retailers resisted. Corey would not back down. She worked with the staff in the offices of our main cosponsors--Senators Mike Enzi, Heidi Heitkamp, and Lamar Alexander--and together they came up with a solution that won support on both sides of the aisle and even won the support of some of the giant retailers. In 2013, the Marketplace Fairness Act passed the Senate.…”