Ben Cardin actually said...

a consumption tax is unlikely to be adopted in the near term.

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.