Orrin Hatch: “Is the Senator aware--and I apologize to my colleagues. I do want to get through this, because this is important. The…”

“Is the Senator aware--and I apologize to my colleagues. I do want to get through this, because this is important. The distinguished Senator has raised these issues. He deserves a lot of credit. And, secondly, I point out that the other side had a lot of time last night and this morning to talk about their positions on this. The record should be made clear that many of their allegations are incorrect. I believe the evidence shows that they are incorrect. I think the Senator's answers to my questions will help to show that there is a dramatically different explanation for many of the charts which have been displayed here last night and this morning. Let me ask some more questions. Is the Senator aware there must be some limits to extrapolating this estimate into the price range we are talking about, because if we just straight-lined this projection to a $1.50 increase, we would have to expect that literally all youth smoking would cease? That would be news to those many countries with cigarette prices which are more than $1.50 higher than in the United States.”