Political Quotes

“I still don't think we have heard the answer to the question of why does it take 4 years to do this study. The fact is that when this report is available, whatever time, the principal recipient of that report will not be the individual 50 State legislatures, it is going to be us, because in order to implement the recommendations that would allow States to hold the distant seller responsible for collection, we know it is going to require action by the U.S. Congress. We are in session just about all the time. So whatever date we set for this report to be submitted, we will likely be here, or close to being here, to receive it and to commence the process to deal with it. I still have not heard any rationale as to why we should continue beyond the minimal time necessary for the inequity of the Main Street merchant and the vulnerability of State and local governments' capacity to finance their police, fire, and schools that an extended moratorium implies.”