Orrin Hatch actually said...

"We cannot do it under just the State funds or a short-term patch. You need to have a multi-year commitment as a Federal partner in order to be able to move forward in those programs."

"I want to make sure that we have enough permanent revenues in the Transportation Trust Fund so that we can have a 6-year reauthorization without another cliff."

"It should not take 7 years to do a NEPA review before you build any project."

"I want to make it clear at the outset that my goal as chairman of this committee to find a way to fund a long-term infrastructure bill."