Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Texas for coming to the floor to talk about this incredibly important issue to the American people. I ask the Senator, isn't it true that for 16 years the Internet Tax Freedom Act has prevented politicians nationwide from using the Web as a piggy bank and has helped commerce thrive by keeping it free from burdensome tax restrictions? And isn't it true that by making this permanent--the way the House bill does and the way the bill does that my colleague from Oregon has offered that has 52 cosponsors in the Senate--we never have to allow the people of this country again to feel uncertainty that suddenly this great freedom we have on the Internet is going to be gone, where they are going to be taxed when they access the Internet or that somehow we are going to use the Internet as a way to raise money and a way to hurt e-commerce? I would ask that of my colleague from the State of Texas. Is this all true, that if we can pass the House bill right now--which is similar to the bill offered by my colleague from Oregon--we can give the American people certainty that we are not going to tax what they are doing on the Internet?”