Bill Delahunt: “let me be very clear. I, too, support the moratorium. In fact, I was one of the early cosponsors of the Cox-Wyden…”

“let me be very clear. I, too, support the moratorium. In fact, I was one of the early cosponsors of the Cox-Wyden legislation, because it seemed to me essential that Congress provide sufficient breathing room to develop a more uniform, fair, efficient neutral system of taxation of transactions, whether it be on the Internet or whether it be out of a brick-and-mortar enterprise. And over the past 2 years, the States have made considerable headway in this effort. I see no reason why it should take them 5 more years to complete it. In fact, a 5-year extension will eliminate a major incentive for them to get the job done. That is why the 5-year extension is opposed by the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council on State Governments, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, the E-fairness Coalition, and scores of other business organizations. The gentleman from California referred to the bipartisan nature of the original moratorium bill. What I would suggest, too, is that there is a bipartisan concern about what we are about to do here today with a 5-year extension.”