United States Senator Orrin Hatch

Hatch Supports Immigration Reform Bill out of the Judiciary Committee

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

After securing many much-needed improvements to the legislation, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and current Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today voted to advance S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, out of the Judiciary Committee and on to the Senate Floor. The bill will now be able to be amended in ways outside of the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction, and Hatch has pledged to push several amendments that will increase taxpayer protections from what is in the bill when the Senate considers the measure next month.

Hatch makes opening statement at IRS scandal hearing

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

A opening statement at the IRS scandal hearing by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee.

Hatch Statement on Support of Immigration Reform Bill Out of Judiciary Committee

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

Hatch statement at Finance Committee hearing examining the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining theInternal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups:

Members of the Utah Congressional Delegation meet with Air Force Chief of Staff

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

Members of the Utah Congressional Delegation – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Reps. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Chris Stewart (R-Utah) – today met with General Mark Welsh, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, to discuss a number of issues important to Utah, including sequestration and delivery of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) regrettably was unable to attend due to a scheduling conflict.

Hatch Releases Statement on Passing of Frances Monson

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

Wife of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson...

Hatch Statement on Thomas Perez

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

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:

Hatch, Lee on the nomination of Judge Carolyn B. McHugh to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

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.

Finance Committee Republicans demand TIGTA investigate leak of non-profits' confidential tax information

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

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.

Hatch on IRS scandal, call for investigation into public disclosure of private tax information

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

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.

Hatch on President Obama's News Conference on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement this evening after President Obama held a news conference on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups:

In Letter to President, Senate Republicans Demand Complete Cooperation Into IRS Investigation

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

Senators Write, "We demand that your Administration comply with all requests related to Congressional inquiries without any delay, including making available all IRS employees involved in designing and implementing these prohibited political screenings, so that the public has a full accounting of these actions."

Hatch Speaks at News Conference on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said today at a Capitol Hill news conference that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting of conservative groups who applied for tax exempt status, known as 501 (c)(4) organizations, and its failure to tell Congress constitutes, “either the greatest cases of incompetence that I’ve ever seen or it was the IRS willfully not telling Congress the truth.”

Finance Republicans Demand Answers on HHS Decision to Solicit Donations

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

Following press reports indicating Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited funds from health care executives to assist with the implementation of the President’s health law, Senate Finance Committee Republicans are demanding answers. In a letter spearheaded by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the Senators asked for a top bottom review of the Department’s decision to move forward with the initiative, which has raised a variety of legal questions under federal regulations, which prohibits the augmentation of congressional appropriations.

Hatch Calls for Finance Committee Hearing, Investigation Into Targeting Conservative Groups

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today wrote to Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) requesting a Finance committee hearing and bipartisan investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups for greater scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status. Below is the letter Hatch sent to Baucus today:

Hatch on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for targeting conservative groups:

Hatch Supports Border Security Efforts During Judiciary Committee Consideration of Immigration Bill

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:01 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today voted for several amendments designed to strengthen border security efforts through S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.

Hatch at Senate Judiciary Committee Markup of Immigration Legislation

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered the following statement on the opening day of the Judiciary Committee’s markup of S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act:

Hatch Introduces Amendments to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and current Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today filed 24 amendments to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744), including, but not limited to, amendments to strengthen law enforcement components of the bill, improve the high-skilled worker provisions to make it more market-based, strengthen the ability to collect back taxes of newly legalized individuals, and ensure that health insurance subsidies available under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are only available five years after an individual gains legal status.

Hatch, Upton Unveil Solutions Blueprint for Making Medicaid Work

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:00 EST

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the “Making Medicaid Work” blueprint to modernize the Medicaid program. The in-depth report, which is based on extensive feedback from states and input from providers and patients, highlights the program’s troubling fiscal reality and discusses tools to equip states to implement patient-centered reforms and impose fiscal discipline in the program.