Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Let us not lose it because we are tied to one particular way to, you know, accelerate the funding or generate the funding."

"This is a time when we need to be restraining growth on spending."

"I think it would be a constructive idea to say this is how much money we have over the next 6 years based upon our revenue sources."

"Well, what is wrong with that? I mean, a cent on the gas tax in Tennessee is a cent on the gas tax in Tennessee whether the Federal Government raises it or whether the State government raises it."