Tax Reform Headlines: Business is Booming
Less than one month into the new tax code, businesses are already making dramatic changes in how they operate. They’re investing more in the United States, meaning more growth, more jobs and higher wages. Don’t take our word for it. Here are some of the latest headlines on how tax reform is transforming the way […]
CHIP Fast Facts: Critical Healthcare Program Is Popular and Effective
Earlier this week, Congress passed a six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the longest in the program’s history. This extension is critical to ensuring vulnerable children have continued access to health care. It’s difficult to overstate the importance of this program and its impact on children across the country. Take a look […]
Hatch: Longest CHIP Extension Ever Provides Certainty for Families and States
Click here to watch Hatch discuss CHIP on the Senate floor. WASHINGTON – Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted the recent six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the longest extension in the program’s history, on the Senate floor. Hatch created the bipartisan CHIP program with former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) […]
Hatch Urges Colleagues to Support Azar on Senate Floor
Click Here to Watch Hatch Speak in Support of Azar’s Nomination WASHINGTON – Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today on the Senate floor urged his colleagues to support the nomination of Alex Azar to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Azar’s nomination advanced out of the Finance Committee earlier […]
Dismantling Obamacare Bit-by-Bit
Last year’s historic tax overhaul not only included the biggest rewrite of our nation’s tax code in over 30 years, but it also took a large stride toward dismantling Obamacare by repealing the punitive and regressive individual mandate tax. This week, Congress took another step in unwinding Obamacare by delaying three of its most egregious […]
Hatch Applauds Senate Passage of Longest Ever CHIP Extension, Delay of Obamacare Taxes
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today praised Senate passage of the longest ever extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), through fiscal year (FY) 2023, and delaying three of Obamacare’s most egregious taxes – the medical device tax through 2019, the Cadillac tax through 2021 and the Health Insurance Tax (HIT) […]
Hatch to Senate Democrats: Stop Holding CHIP Hostage
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today urged his colleagues to come together to avert a government shutdown and take the opportunity extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years – the longest extension in the program’s 20-year history. The CHIP proposal is bipartisan and nearly identical to the agreement […]
Tax Reform Helps U.S. Manufacturers Compete
President Trump today is touring H&K Equipment, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Pa., to see firsthand the effect tax reform is having on U.S. manufacturers. Critical reforms like an internationally competitive corporate tax rate, territorial international system, rate reductions and improvements for small businesses, among others, will lead to new jobs, higher wages and increased investment in […]
Finance Committee Advances Healthcare, Trade Nominees
WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee today advanced the nomination of Alex Azar to serve as the Department of Health And Human Services (HHS) Secretary by a vote of 15 to 12. “Mr. Azar is well-credentialed to lead such a critical department at a time America’s healthcare system is facing difficult challenges,” Hatch said. “He […]
Hatch: This is the Longest CHIP Extension Since Its Creation
CLICK HERE to watch Hatch Speak on CHIP Extension, Obamacare Tax Delays. WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the critical healthcare provisions he helped secure in the proposed government funding bill. Specifically, Hatch emphasized the six-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), nearly […]