[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 7, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               MONTANA VOTES AGAINST AN ONLINE SALES TAX

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Madam Speaker, today I rise in strong opposition to the 
Marketplace Fairness Act. This is a bill that mandates small businesses 
to collect sales tax on behalf of other cities and States when selling 
products over the Internet.
  This bill would fundamentally change how online purchases are taxed 
and would impose yet another burden on Montana's small businesses. You 
see, back home in Montana, we don't have a Statewide sales tax. In 
fact, we often say that ``You know you're a native Montanan if you've 
voted against a sales tax twice.''
  But under this legislation, which the Senate passed last night, 
Montana's small businesses would be forced to collect sales tax for up 
to 9,600 cities and States--none of which would go to Montana. The 
added costs and the burden of more paperwork and more regulations would 
severely undermine many small businesses in our State.
  As a fifth-generation Montanan who supports our State's no sales tax 
policy, I strongly oppose this legislation, and I will fight to stop it 
should it reach the House floor.

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