"I am also a firm believer in our 10th Amendment. The Constitution says the states can do it better than we can in Washington, D.C."
"I appreciate what you said about having no thresholds because my experience is that anytime any government applies a threshold to anything there is always gaming of that system."
"But it does create a little bit of an awkward scenario for us as far as authority from the Federal government going inside of a state and telling a state how they are to collect their own taxes in the..."
"Mr. Chairman, I thank all the witnesses that have obviously done a lot of work in this area. It is near and dear."
"Just for the record, nobody that is in business is opposed to collecting tax and remitting tax to the proper jurisdiction."
"This isn't a red or blue issue."
"This bill is a misguided attempt by my colleagues across the aisle to pander to the folks in their base through destroying our domestic energy production."
"Curbing our ability to produce energy in the United States will not solve the problem of global emissions."
"I would hope with your new leadership role that we would, I think without making you go on the record, I think you would find that somewhat problematic for a rule to go into effect."
"I want to state for the record that I am a huge supporter of SBA and what you do for small business owners."
"The first constitutional responsibility that we have, as a Congress, is the power of the purse, to produce a budget."