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eBay Inc., in coordination with the Internet Association, had the recent pleasure of hosting a delegation of senior Capitol Hill staff as they learned more about eBay Inc.'s business model and the public policy initiatives important to eBay Inc. and its user community.

Rick Courtemanche, resident of New Hampshire, recently submitted a letter to the editor of Seacoast Online that thanked Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) for opposing the Marketplace Fairness Act.

John Muller, a member of the eBay Inc. Government Relations team, was in Malaysia to speak at the Regional Money Services Business Conference.

Jessica Melugin, adjunct fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, recently wrote an opinion piece in the Oklahoman that argues policymakers should consider an origin-based tax system for Internet sales instead of the Marketplace Fairness Act.

Earlier this week, Members and staff of the House Judiciary Committee visited eBay Inc.’s Commerce Innovation Center in New York City.

Jon Goldberg and David Haugrud, owners of International Marketing Systems in Fargo, North Dakota, recently expressed their concern with the Internet sales tax bill that was passed in the Senate last May.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new proceeding to determine the best way forward to preserve open Internet access in the United States.

Wayne Johnson, owner of Angler’s Habitat, a small tech-enabled business selling fly fishing supplies in Caldwell, Idaho, submitted a letter to The Idaho Press Tribune expressing his concerns with the Internet sales tax legislation currently pending in the U.S. Congress.

In response to the FCC vote last week on network neutrality and the Open Internet, The Computer & Communications Industry Association, an international, nonprofit association representing a broad cross section of computer, communications and Internet industry firms, made several statements.