Ron Wyden: “to wrap up briefly, we have tried for 18 months to bring the parties together. For example, I proposed--in spite of the…”

“to wrap up briefly, we have tried for 18 months to bring the parties together. For example, I proposed--in spite of the fact that I see absolutely no evidence that any jurisdiction in this country has been hurt by their inability to impose discriminatory taxes, I proposed, over the opposition of many in business, that when the mayors and Governors have a proposal that is ready to go, they be given an opportunity to have a vote in the Congress, an opportunity to vote on a proposal of their choosing. So I have clearly gone to considerable lengths to try to be sensitive to the concerns of mayors and Governors. I hope we will continue the effort to try to bring the parties together. I was not aware there was going to be an effort to proceed to this bill by UC today, otherwise there would have been many colleagues, who share my view and support the legislation I offered with Congressman Cox that passed 98 to 2 in this Chamber, to support those positions to carry on this debate. The only way we are going to get this done is to bring the parties together. I point out finally with respect to the time period, the National Conference of State Legislatures, known as NCSL, said recently they wanted a 4-year moratorium because they were not ready, from a technological standpoint, to advance the solutions that would address this issue without putting burdens on out-of-state sellers. We are dealing with an extraordinarily important issue.…”