Orrin Hatch actually said...

"Now, would it not be the largest Federal motor fuels tax increase in modern times if we did that?"

"It looks to me like we have a permanent structural deficit problem in the Highway Trust Fund."

"Well, as I understand it, a 6-year reauthorization proposal maintaining current spending levels plus inflation would require new offsets totaling $94 billion over the 6-year period."

"Personally, I would like to preserve the user-pays system and prevent our Federal infrastructure programs from becoming another tax extender."