Political Quotes

“the Senate knows, 5 years ago I was the sponsor in the Senate of the Internet Tax Freedom Act. This is law that was designed to ensure that the Internet be free of discriminatory taxes on Internet commerce and a variety of Internet activities. And it was designed to encourage the growth of the Internet. The law has unquestionably worked. There is absolutely no evidence of anyone who has been harmed by the inability to discriminate against electronic commerce. For many months now, Senators of both political parties have been working together to try to ensure the law that expires shortly would be reauthorized, and Senators have been working on a cooperative and bipartisan basis to go forward and reauthorize this law that has worked. I had been under the impression that we were just about ready to bring this bill to the floor, but in the last few days a proposal that I find truly alarming has been brought forward by some of the State and local officials.”