[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    INTERNET TAX FREEDOM FOREVER ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Internet is a resource used daily 
by Americans of all ages all across our country. Students use it to 
research school projects and papers. Entrepreneurs use it to help run 
their businesses and come up with new ideas. Families use it to manage 
their busy schedules and stay in touch with their relatives. It is 
important that they be able to do this without the worry that their 
Internet access is being taxed.
  Congress first voted to ban taxes on Internet access back in 1998, 
but it was only a temporary ban. Congress has since held that vote 
eight additional times--eight extensions of the Internet tax moratorium 
over these years. Today we have an opportunity to make it permanent.
  The Internet Tax Freedom Act is a commonsense, bipartisan piece of 
legislation with 51 cosponsors. I appreciate the diligent work by the 
Republican Senator from South Dakota and the Democratic Senator from 
Oregon and, of course, the many efforts of our colleague from Utah to 
move this legislation. I look forward to supporting it today.

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