Orrin Hatch actually said...

"Inversions like these are some of the clearest examples of base erosion and are largely motivated by tax considerations."

"I do not think it is necessarily going to drive U.S. researchers, and the ownership of IP, out of the U.S. overnight."

"The United States must not buckle under pressure to do so in the case of BEPS."

"The administration's response to the wave of inversions has, in my opinion, been short-sighted, focusing only on the symptoms rather than the underlying illness."