I strongly support the original purpose of this legislation, which is to provide relief to our neighbors in the Central American countries and the Caribbean which were so devastated last year by a series of hurricanes. I had the…

So Mr. President, the first assumption that all this money was generated by Medicaid claims is fundamentally inaccurate. The second assumption, which is that unless Washington acts the States will fritter this money away, is a fundamental…

I stand ready to support serious and responsible proposals. Also, I must, however, join in many of the comments that have just been made by our colleague from Oklahoma, Senator Nickles, about specific components of this proposal which are…

we are about to take our first legislative action of the 106th Congress. Many of us who ran for election or reelection last November said that one of our greatest sources of pride was that after 30 years of deficits and a Federal debt…

since my days as Governor of the State of Florida, I have been a strong advocate of the protection and restoration of the Florida Everglades, the largest wetland and subtropical wilderness in the United States. This legislation will…

I am proud to join Senator Sessions and other colleagues in launching an initiative to increase Americans' access to college education. Today, we are introducing the Collegiate Learning and Student Savings Act. This bill would extend…

this long and difficult process for all of us in the House is almost to a conclusion. Twenty-five years ago a Democratic-controlled Judiciary Committee with a minority of Republicans reported articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon…

Thus far the debate in this House I believe has brought honor to the House and is serving the American people well. Some of the rhetoric I disagree with, but that is what a debate is all about. I choose now to not use rhetoric, but to talk…

There are two principle reasons I support extension of Section 29 and 45. First, in a period where America is continuing to increase its dependence on foreign oil, we need to develop alternative fuel technologies to prepare for the day…

Electrochromic technology provides a flexible means of controlling the amount of heat and light that pass through a glass surface providing significant energy conservation opportunities. I understand the Department of Energy estimates that…

This program is an excellent example of successful technology transfer from a national laboratory as well as an example of a successful public/private partnership. I understand the program is consistent with industry priorities and the…

I appreciate that generosity, and I will not overly indulge. Let me say, we have reached an honorable resolution to this issue which, for those who have been listening to this arcane debate, I will summarize by saying a significant issue…

for those here on the floor and those who may be watching this on C-SPAN, I apologize, because we are about to enter some very arcane and not particularly exciting discussion. But it is necessary in order to understand what this amendment…

So that is not an issue of controversy. And Roman numeral (v), which is the new language under discriminatory tax, is acceptable. Two-thirds of the amendment that is offered is not in contest, either because it is in existing law--so…

the second issue which is directly related to the first, the first being the discrimination against the local Main Street sale, is the impact on the ability of local governments and State governments to carry out their fundamental…

I am prepared to vote on this bill right now, and I will vote for the bill in its current form. What the issue is, is offering an amendment that I question as to its germanity to this bill and that I might raise a point of order on that…

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…

If a person in Florida has a sales and use tax, could it require Amazon.com to collect from a Florida resident, who ordered a book in Seattle, the Florida sales tax?

I say to the Senator from Oregon, in the effort to describe the equality of treatment, he used the example that if a person went into a local bookstore and bought a book, they would pay and the bookstore seller would be responsible for…

We are telling to 50 States and multiple local jurisdictions that their legal authority to establish what is the appropriate fiscal policy for their citizens is going to be preempted. We are telling them for this purpose that they will be…

The answer is no, that the discrimination is the fact, that currently the local Main Street merchant is required to collect the tax, but the distant remote Internet seller is not, and we are about to make that a 4-year institutionalized--

first let us come back to what we are fundamentally about. What the Internet Tax Freedom Act says is that there shall be a moratorium, a pause, in the State and local governments' exercise of their otherwise legal authority to impose a tax…

as the amendment clearly states, its purpose is to establish to the extent possible under our rules that the moratorium, whatever this body decides its initial length will be, will be that length and that we will not fall into a situation…

I also add my name to the list in favor of the residual purpose of this legislation, which is a pause of sufficient length to allow a serious study of the implications of Internet technology to be a party in the commercial marketplace, and…

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…