Max Baucus: “Circumventing the committee process allowed this bill to come to the floor full of so many unanswered questions.…”

“Circumventing the committee process allowed this bill to come to the floor full of so many unanswered questions. Avoiding the committee process quashes any chance to improve this bill. Evading the committee process denies the chance to provide a fair playing field among businesses and reduce the heavy burden imposed by State compliance. I know some may dismiss my concerns as coming from a non-sales-tax State. Granted, I am always proud to protect Montana businesses. But this is not a Montana-only issue, nor is it an issue just for States without sales taxes. Lance Trebesch of TicketPrinting.com and Main Street business owners across America show us that our interests are tied together. We need to stop burdening America's small businesses with more compliance costs and figure out ways to help them grow. I urge Members to vote against cloture. Do not give small businesses in our States more regulations and more risks with more unintended consequences that have not been addressed. Do not set our Main Street businesses up to be audited by other States' tax collectors. Give the members of the Finance Committee the opportunity to make this bill work and make it fair. I urge a vote against this motion so we can do so. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.”