Ben Cardin actually said...

Making a fundamental shift to consumption-oriented taxation is a major change that may not necessarily be undertaken in the near term.

We understand that it is unlikely in the next month or two that we are going to pass a major tax reform proposal, and we want to make progre...

I introduced the Progressive Consumption Tax that would replace some of our income tax with a national consumption tax.

I want to thank the panel. I found this extremely helpful.