John Thune actually said...

"Should U.S. airlines and U.S. consumers be paying a tax to European coffers on an extraterritorial scheme?"

"That sort of contradicts, I think, Ms. Young's testimony."

"Have you done the same sort of analysis that--with the indulgence of the chair--that Ms. Young was talking about the commercial airlines having done?"

"This does appear to an American citizen, an American traveler, as, one, a violation of international law, a violation of American sovereignty, and an illegal tax."