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Byron Dorgan: I always said if the proposition is, let us not apply punitive taxes to the Internet, I am for that. I am for a…

On the recordSeptember 23, 1998
I always said if the proposition is, let us not apply punitive taxes to the Internet, I am for that. I am for a prohibition against punitive taxes on the Internet. But the way it was described initially, I have a lot of concerns about that. There have been a lot of changes made on this bill and I think the changes made a lot of progress.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the Internet tax issue and progress on related legislation.

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