Hatch Opening Statement at Finance Committee Health Care Hearing
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing entitled, Health Care: Issues Impacting Cost and Coverage: Before we begin, I would like to pause for a moment and say a few words regarding the traumatic events that have recently impacted so many of […]
Hatch, Wyden Request Information on Equifax Breach
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today called on Equifax Inc., to respond to reports that the firm experienced a data breach exposing personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses and driver’s license numbers of approximately 143 million Americans. In addition, credit card […]
ICYMI: Washington Post Op-Ed: Obamacare doesn’t deserve a bailout without real reforms
Since the day Obamacare became law — having passed with only support from Democrats — Republicans have worked to repeal the partisan law and replace it with patient-centered reforms. While the effort has been underway for more than seven years, only recently have we had a chance to make good on our promises and undo […]
Hatch Praises HHS Rollback of Obama-Era TANF Rule
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued a statement following the U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent announcement that it will roll-back an Obama-era rule allowing states to opt out of work requirements for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) beneficiaries — a key element of the 1996 welfare […]
Hatch Announces Hearing to Examine Ways to Improve Tax System for Families & Individuals
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, to examine ways to streamline the individual tax system to make it work better for American individuals and families. The hearing, entitled, “Individual Tax Reform” will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen […]
Senate Finance Committee Unanimously Advances Commerce, HHS Nominees
WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee today unanimously advanced the nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Matthew Bassett to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and Robert Charrow to serve as General Counsel of Health and Human Services. “All three of these nominees are […]
Tax Talk Top 10
The time to reform the broken tax code is now. A pro-growth tax plan will move the U.S. economy forward, helping to produce jobs and bigger paychecks for the American people, and allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned incomes. Congress and the administration are working to unite behind a plan that will provide […]
Hatch Opening Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on CHIP
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing entitled The Children’s Health Insurance Program: the Path Forward: Twenty years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy and I came together to create the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, in order to provide health coverage […]
Hatch Opening Statement at Executive Session to Consider Commerce, HHS Nominees
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at an executive session to mark up the nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Matthew Bassett to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and Robert Charrow to serve as […]
Hatch Announces Hearing to Review Issues Impacting Healthcare Costs and Coverage
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, to discuss health care. The hearing, “Health Care: Issues Impacting Cost and Coverage” will occur at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215. “In the seven years since Obamacare was signed into law, healthcare premiums […]