[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PROTECTING OUR DIGITAL ECONOMY

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, it is important to highlight legislation 
that the House passed this week protecting the future of our digital 
economy.
  The rise of the Internet has been a great American success story. One 
of the biggest reasons for its success is the fact that the government 
hasn't needlessly gotten in the way of innovators who have grown the 
information superhighway to what it is today.
  This week, the House passed, with bipartisan overwhelming support, 
the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act to continue to allow the 
Internet to flourish and protect the opportunities that arise with it.
  Without this legislation, we will see taxes increased on hardworking 
Americans and decreased access to the Internet. It is estimated that 
low-income households would actually bear 10 times the financial load 
as high-income households just to go online.
  Mr. Speaker, the legislation that was voted on this week is as 
commonsense as it comes. I ask and urge the Senate to take action as 
well so we can protect Internet access from taxation.

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