Orrin Hatch actually said...

"we urge Congress to act quickly"

"I believe we need to act well before the end of this year, preferably before autumn when we are likely to see layoffs in defense and other industries begin."

"waiting until an always-difficult lame duck session may establish inaction as the default position, which could lead the Nation directly over the fiscal cliff."

"We should not create an image of an America that cannot even avoid this quite cataclysmic set of self-imposed problems."