Political Quotes

“we voted a few minutes ago to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Internet Tax Freedom Act. I opposed that motion to proceed, as did the Senator from Wyoming, Senator Enzi, and a few others. I think it is incumbent upon us to state why we opposed it and why we did not oppose it. None of us who opposed the motion to proceed did so because we are antagonistic to high technology. None of us did it because we failed to appreciate the importance of the Internet system and the enormous contribution that it has made in disseminating information to peoples around the world. No one opposed it because we failed to understand the economic importance of this both in terms of the industry itself and how this information industry makes the rest of our economy more efficient and productive. And none of us did it because we are mired in the past, because we have some childhood addiction to the way things have always been. We understand that the world is moving at an increasingly rapid pace and that these technologies are an important engine of that progress. But why I believe we did oppose this motion to proceed was to slow down the consideration of a body whose whole purpose for being is to be a deliberative body on issues that are of importance to this Nation and its citizens.”