John Conyers: “My motion would extend the present moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple discriminatory taxes for 2 years…”

“My motion would extend the present moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple discriminatory taxes for 2 years, from 2001 to 2003, but would eliminate the grandfathering of State access taxes, unlike that which was in the Delahunt amendment, which just recently failed. By taking the grandfathering out, my colleagues, I suggest that we have an excellent conclusion to a very difficult problem; namely, to continue to work on this not for 6 or 7 years, but for only 2 years, and to eliminate the grandfathering of the State access taxes that were included in the Delahunt amendment, which many of us supported. I urge that we support this motion to recommit, because I think it will marry the best of both of these provisions.”