Orrin Hatch actually said...

"I agree with you entirely that we should have a neutral tax code. That is the purpose of comprehensive reform, as I see it."

"I agree with you on the intangible drilling and development cost deduction. It has been a tremendous benefit for the oil industry, at least the independent oil industry in this country."

"I think it is a pipe dream of some outsiders who think that, in this complex economy, that any business organization, let alone the U.S. Congress, can follow that philosophy."

"You are preaching to the choir here. It was the Hatch-Lieberman bill that brought the rates down to begin with."