Quotes by Bill Delahunt

• It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.
• Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.
• The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.
• This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.
• Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.
• What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.
• Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.