Hatch to Hold Hearing on CBP Nominee
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, to consider the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following […]
Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Hatch Amendment to Strengthen Medicare & Medicaid
WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Senate voted 89-9 in favor of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch’s (R-Utah) amendment #1144 to H. Con. Res. 71, the FY2018 Budget Resolution. The amendment provides a reserve fund for future legislation that would strengthen and improve Medicaid and extends the exhaustion date for the Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance […]
Hatch, Wyden Seek Answers on Nursing Home Responses to Recent Hurricanes
WASHINGTON — Following incidents at several health care facilities during recent natural disasters, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today questioned the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about its new nursing home emergency preparedness requirements. Hatch and Wyden also requested responses from state agencies in Florida and Texas regarding […]
Hatch: Budget Resolution Key to Meaningful Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) discussed the importance of passing a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2018 and thanked Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) for his work on the resolution. Hatch emphasized that the budget’s $1.5 trillion instruction to the Finance Committee […]
Hatch, Wyden Respond to Significant Need to Improve Government Oversight Following Foster Care Investigation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released a bipartisan report detailing their two-year investigation into foster care privatization and the increasing practice of states tasking private entities (for-profit and non-profit) with protecting our nation’s most vulnerable children. As a result of the investigation’s findings, […]
Hatch Statement on President Trump’s Intent to Nominate Preston Rutledge to Lead Employee Benefits Security Administration
SALT LAKE CITY – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after President Trump announced his intent to nominate Preston Rutledge to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration: “For the past six and a half years, Preston has been a trusted and loyal advisor […]
Senate Finance Committee Members Make the Case for Tax Reform
The Senate Finance Committee is committed to passing tax reform that will lead to more jobs, fairer taxes and bigger paychecks. Finance Committee members have been busy making the case for the Republican tax reform framework. Watch what they’ve been saying.
Bring Businesses Home to Boost Middle-Class Wages
This fall, the Senate Finance Committee took a deep dive into examining effective policy solutions to make the United States a more inviting place to do business. The committee discussed lowering the corporate tax rate, boosting expensing, and shifting to a territorial tax system with measures designed to protect the tax base – among a […]
Hatch Opening Statement at Trade Nominations Hearing
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to consider the nominations of Jeffery Gerrish to serve as Deputy United States Trade Representative, Gregory Doud to serve a Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and Jason Kearns to serve as […]
Hatch: Time to Deliver on Tax Reform
Click here to watch Chairman Hatch’s floor speech. WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted the critical need to achieve comprehensive tax reform and the role the Senate Finance Committee will play in crafting legislation to create more jobs, bigger pay checks and increase economic growth. On the need for tax […]