Press Releases
Press releases are archived according to their release date. For press releases by topic, please see the Issue Positions page.
May 16 2013
Hatch, Lee on the nomination of Judge Carolyn B. McHugh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Utah Senators Recommended the Nomination to President Obama
U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today applauded President Obama’s nomination of Utah Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Carolyn B. McHugh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Hatch and Lee encouraged the President to nominate McHugh to serve on the 10th Circuit, where, if confirmed by the Senate, she would replace Judge Michael Murphy who took senior status on 12/31/12.
May 16 2013
Hatch Statement on Thomas Perez
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released the following statement today after voting against the nomination of Thomas Perez to be the next Secretary of Labor:
May 16 2013
Hatch on IRS scandal, call for investigation into public disclosure of private tax information
Utah Senator Says, “The American people have a right to expect government agencies to perform their functions in a neutral, unbiased manner. When any agency breaks that trust, it undermines the credibility of our entire government.”
After every Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) earlier today requesting an investigation into the release of confidential taxpayer information to the news organization ProPublica, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor outlining the urgent need for this investigation and addressing the importance of the bipartisan Finance Committee investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups.
May 16 2013
Finance Committee Republicans demand TIGTA investigate leak of non-profits' confidential tax information
In Letter to TIGTA, Senators Write, “...we are also troubled by the possibility that the IRS improperly disclosed confidential information about certain conservative groups during 2012, including application materials and donor names.”
Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today, called on Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Russell George to conduct a full investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) possible role in the disclosure of nine conservative groups’ confidential applications for tax-exempt status, six of which, appeared on the web site of the journalist group ProPublica. The improper disclosure of such confidential information is a criminal offense under federal law.
