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On the recordMarch 22, 2013
I thank Senator Baucus. Senator Durbin is right. Things have changed. The Internet now is the shipping lane of the 21st century, and foreign retailers are going to get an advantage. Colleagues, if this were enforceable as Senator Durbin and Senator Enzi are saying, Europe would go out and put it in place tomorrow and do it to our sellers. It is not enforceable. It violates the World Trade Organization. It advantages foreign retailers at our expense. I hope my colleagues will reject the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
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Mar 22, 2013

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