So for those who would come to the floor and argue somehow this bill is going to inhibit or restrain Americans in the use of the Internet, it does not, and the Pryor-Blunt amendment, which is being offered, extends for 10 years this…

So the Senator is suggesting the extension of protecting America's right to access the Internet from being taxed; is that correct?

I am asking before your amendment is adopted. The underlying bill has no tax on access to the Internet.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection…

Mr. President, I understand that S. 788, introduced earlier today by Senator Reid, is at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative…

Responding to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair, he is right. And this has been controversial. I can remember that in the last debate--and it was a few years ago--the argument being made was that we should have free access to…

I would say to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair that there are two possibilities: We continue under this current system, which works a disadvantage on the Main Street stores and shopping malls and denies to those units of…

Responding to the Senator from Tennessee through the Chair, I listened to the speeches of our critics, and they were swooning over the notion of being subjected to 9,600 taxing districts, taxing entities. What the Senator from Tennessee…

I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 60 and Calendar No. 64; that there be 90 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form: the time…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that if the Senate receives H.R. 475 from the House of Representatives and the bill is identical to the text which is at the desk, then the bill be read three times and the Senate proceed to a vote at…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration, en bloc, of the following resolutions, which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 105, S. Res. 106, S. Res. 107, and S. Res. 108. There being no objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________