Would they have to pay property taxes in those States where they owned property and operated facilities?

If there were an Internet transaction that was selling a good within a State that had a sales tax, just like a mail order product, wouldn't they be responsible for the applicable sales taxes in those States?

the Senator from Virginia is talking about the kind of Internet access-specific taxes that the opponents of this bill would like to apply. There are a number of States that are taxing Internet access today. There are a handful of others…

I rise to speak today on legislation I introduced this week called the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004. This is legislation that deals with the issue of voice communications sent using Internet protocol that many Members of this body…

I happened to come to the floor to hear my colleagues from Illinois and Iowa talking about their concern for the deficit and for spending priorities, and I share their concern. However, it is worth noting that at this time the pending…

we can do better than this legislation. Frankly, we need to do better than this legislation because if we don't, I am afraid if we adopt this conference report, this will become the standard method of operation, the standard way we…

I rise in support of the Fair Credit Reporting Act which we are debating on the floor today. I think it is important as we move through this debate and take up amendments to the legislation that we continue to ask the question, Why do we…

we have heard a number of speakers who I think have raised a number of important points. We have heard questions and discussions about the science of climate change. The science is important, and over time we hope to better understand the…

we always hear the opponents of personal accounts talk about risk. They love to talk about the fact that the market was down yesterday or the day before, or a particular stock didn't perform well. But, of course, nobody is talking about…

earlier in the debate I made clear that it was frustrating that we had asked the other side for a proposal, a plan, specifics to strengthen the Social Security system, and they had not given an answer. Here, finally, in the last minutes of…

Tonight we are talking about the important issue of Social Security. Let us begin by recognizing together that this is an important issue, one that deserves to be talked about with substance and in a direct and clear way. It is also an…

in their opening statements we heard the other side use the word ``guarantee'' numerous times. To be sure, my colleagues and I believe strongly in the moral obligation that we have to ensure a sound retirement system. But to simply say…

I believe one of the most challenging tasks put before the Department of Homeland Security, and before the appropriators were allocating funds for the Department of Homeland Security, is to understand evolving technologies and to take…

I support a number of initiatives that I think would help ensure access to stable, reliable sources of energy for our country's economy so it can continue to grow. That means conservation, and we just had an amendment that sets a target of…

I do not support $2 billion for clean coal. I have, in my service in the House of Representatives, opposed the clean coal technology program. In addition to that, I oppose the fossil fuel research and development fund that is in this bill…

I certainly hope we can win strong bipartisan support for what will be an effort to make this Energy bill better, to improve it, and improve it in a way that does justice for the taxpayers by eliminating what I think is an inappropriate…

Gasoline is subject to a Federal excise tax of 18.3 cents per gallon. The Senator's description suggests that ethanol will now be taxed at 18.3 cents a gallon as well and that revenue will go into the highway trust fund.

If the Senator will yield slightly further, that is precisely the point I was making--that ethanol will not be subject to excise taxes. It will require taking money from the general fund to pay for this tax and putting it into the trust…

I support S. Res. 133, a resolution expressing the Senate's condemnation of acts of bigotry and violence against Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, South-Asian Americans, and Sikh Americans. I am pleased to join the Senior Senator from…

this week we began debate on the energy bill, a vast and complex piece of legislation, arguably an important piece of legislation, that deals with an issue that touches every American in some way, shape, or form. Access to stable, reliable…

this legislation pays tribute to the 129 officers, sailors, and civilians who lost their lives aboard the USS Thresher 40 years ago next week. The loss of these brave individuals was a tragedy for the U.S. submarine service, for the Navy…

As a new Member of the Senate, I bring to this body, as do many of my colleagues, experience having served in what we like to refer to as the ``other body,'' the House of Representatives. Prior to that service, I worked in what we…

Mr. Chairman, the last few speakers have spoken quite eloquently about the importance of the funding in this supplemental appropriation bill, strengthening our national security, investing in homeland security, investing in the…

when we set out to put together this budget, our goal was to put together a strong wartime budget, a budget that met the priorities laid out by the President during his State of the Union Address, to fund and win the war on terrorism, to…

when America's freedom is threatened, Americans respond. And in the hours that have followed the horrific attacks of Tuesday morning, our Nation has done just that, and done it in ways that bring forth deep emotions of patriotism and…