I strongly support states' rights, and I think they should have the power to decide for themselves if it is in their constituents' best interests to change their respective state laws to collect sales taxes from remote sellers.

Without this deduction, taxpayers in Texas would see their Federal tax bills increase by an average of $500 for 2012.

In my state of Texas, which does not have an income tax, we rely heavily on revenue collected by sales taxes.

We can all compete on price, and all of us can actually compete on any offer that's made on the Internet.

I write to applaud you for holding a hearing on the sales tax fairness issue.

Mr. President, I have listened to the distinguished Senator and chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and the presentation of the bill that I assume will be voted on today. I appreciate very much that we have had the meetings. There…

Mr. President, our bill also allows for a true collaborative effort. The reason we are not supporting the bill that is on the floor today is because we believe it does not do the priorities that we can pass, and it does increase the…

Thank you very much.

I am a budget cutter. I am a person that wants to set the top line of a budget, but then it is so important that we set the priorities for what goes in that budget.

I like your virus issue. You need to cover that.

Could I just pursue this for one second and ask you if you have got vaccines, and can it also apply to cancers?