Political Quotes

“2 years ago we passed a simple extension of the moratorium. That is exactly what we did 2 years ago, and now we are saying there have been no hearings held on it and there has been no committee work on it. There have been individuals working on this because 2 years ago there were a number of us who were deeply concerned about what was going to happen to revenues for cities, towns, counties, and States. We have been working on it in the meantime. We have been working with people from the committees. We have been having groups come in. I particularly want to mention Senator Dorgan of North Dakota, Senator Graham of Florida, Senator Wyden of Oregon, Senator Voinovich of Ohio, Senator Allen of Virginia, and Senator Carper of Delaware. A lot of us have been working and meeting with any group that would meet with us to talk about how we could handle this sales tax loophole. There is pain out there, there is agony out there, and through a process--not a popular process because this amendment does not wind up with what any one group wants.”