Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise in response to my good friend, the Senator from New Hampshire, who obviously feels very passionately about the bill, as do all of us who have worked for years and years to try to create a marketplace that is fair and equitable for so many people in this country, particularly our brick-and-mortar Main Street businesses. I can certainly appreciate that remote sellers in New Hampshire who have, in fact, enjoyed a nice opportunity to move products into the marketplace free of any burden--unlike a Main Street business with any tax collection burden--that they do not want to lose that advantage they have. In many States that advantage can be quite significant. I want to give you an example. Today, in our news conference we heard from a woman named Teresa Miller. Teresa Miller sells pet supplies both in her store and remotely. She operates out of the State of Missouri, and in many of the jurisdictions where she sells pet supplies, the tax rate can be as high as 9.5 percent. She has a trained sales force that listens to customers' concerns about their pets and what their pets need in terms of nutrition. The customer will walk out of the store, never to return. It is pretty clear those customers are buying those products on the Internet having used the expertise of Ms. Miller's staff. I would suggest that is exactly the situation that we are trying to address.…”