21.   Hatch said on the Senate floor.

22.   Hatch said one of his Republican Senate colleagues has already agreed to cosponsor the measure, but he declined to identify him or her.

23.   Hatch said proponents of ousting the president will almost certainly be short of the required two-thirds vote in the Senate.

24.   Hatch said that although his bill would apply only to defendants in federal cases, the legislation encourages the states to do the same.

25.   Hatch said that the companies would accept such legislation and that their agreement would avoid constitutional problems from legislated restrictions on tobacco advertising.

26.   Hatch said that the owners had the right to try to impose an industry-wide salary cap.

27.   Hatch said the full committee should hold the hearing, but that this is not the time.

28.   Hatch said the new ideas could be placed in a spending bill or other measures that Congress intends to pass this week before adjourning for a month.

29.   Hatch said their effort would eventually prevail because it is supported by a majority of the American public.

30.   Hatch says he has heard the skeptics before.