Hatch Announces Hearing for SSA Nominee
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing to consider Andrew Saul to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). The hearing will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 10:30 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following nominee is scheduled to testify: Andrew Saul to be […]
Hatch Announces Hearing for SSA and PBGC Nominees
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing to consider Gail Ennis to be Social Security Administration (SSA) Inspector General and Gordon Hartogensis to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The hearing will take place on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. […]
Hatch Announces Hearing on Impact of Tariffs on the U.S. Auto Industry
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that the Finance Committee will convene a hearing on the impact of tariffs on the U.S. automotive industry. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 10:30 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. “As the administration continues to rely on tariffs to […]
Finance Committee Clears Treasury, HHS Nominations
WASHINGTON – The nominations of Michael Faulkender to be Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Elizabeth Darling to be Health and Human Services (HHS) Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families today advanced out of the Finance Committee. Faulkender advanced by a vote 25-2 and Darling advanced unanimously. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) […]
Hatch Applauds Signing of Tariff Bill
Hatch Speaks on Senate Floor on Signing of Legislation to Support American Manufacturers WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) applauded the recent signing of H.R. 4318, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2017. Hatch introduced this legislation along with Ranking Member Wyden (D-Ore.), House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) […]
Hatch: Opioid Bill Includes Key Finance Committee Proposals
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today encouraged Senate passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act. The package includes policies from the Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018, which Hatch introduced with Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) earlier this year and unanimously passed the Finance […]
Hatch Applauds Senate Confirmation of IRS Commissioner
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded Senate confirmation of Charles Rettig to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner. Despite initially receiving high accolades on both sides of the aisle, Rettig’s nomination stalled due to partisan objections regarding Treasury policies that did not involve the nominee. “With the biggest tax […]
Hatch Encouraged Senate Will Vote on “The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018” Next Week
WASHINGTON — The Senate yesterday agreed to vote next week on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 – a bipartisan package of more than 70 proposals recommended to the full Senate by five committees: HELP, Finance, Judiciary, Commerce and Banking. “The fact that so many senators across so many committees were able to put […]
Postponed: Hatch Announces Hearing for SSA Nominee
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that he will convene a hearing to consider Gail Ennis to be Social Security Administration (SSA) Inspector General. The hearing will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following nominee is scheduled to testify: Gail […]
Making the Case for Modernizing NAFTA
The United States, Canada and Mexico entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 25 years ago, creating the world’s largest free trade area by linking 487 million people and totaling $21.4 trillion in gross domestic product (GDP). Since NAFTA was enacted, North American trade has increased significantly – from roughly $290 billion in […]