Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Wouldn't that permit us to use unlimited amounts of coal and gas, and reduce poverty around the world, and reduce the cost of electricity?"

"I am for doubling energy research, but that costs about $5 billion."

"So we are collecting taxes for a dedicated purpose at about $1.6 or $1.7 billion to deepen ports to improve commerce, but we are just going to keep the money and not spend it even though we take it."

"In my opinion we should be spending more, not less, on our Nation's water infrastructure."