Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I urge all members of this committee to support locally owned businesses in your States by working to enact and protect, using the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, S. 2015."

"It is the biggest attack on the opportunity for small businessmen and women in this country to make their way up the economic ladder that we've seen in a long, long time."

"When I was young and playing the piano, I used to like to play fast, and my piano teacher would say to me, 'Lamar, play the music a little slower than you can play it, and you're more likely to get it..."

"Then who gave you the authority to do that?"