Hatch, Brady Send Letter to USTR as TTIP Negotiations with EU Resume
Leaders Express Support for Strong Enforcement, Ambitious TTIP Agreement WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today sent a letter to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman regarding the fifteenth round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the […]
Finance Republicans Press Administration on Financial Viability of Obamacare CO-OPs
As Enrollment Season Nears, Senators Say Transparency Needed for Patients and Taxpayers WASHINGTON – In a letter today, Senate Finance Committee Republicans led by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), pressed the Obama Administration for updated information regarding the financial viability of the remaining Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs). With the enrollment season nearing, the Senators asked […]
Nonpartisan Watchdog Rules Obamacare Reinsurance Scheme Unlawfully Diverting Billions From Taxpayers
Nonpartisan Watchdog Rules Obamacare Reinsurance Scheme Unlawfully Diverting Billions From TaxpayersSenate and House GOP Health Leaders Urge Administration to Halt “The Great Obamacare Heist,” Stop Illegally Diverting Taxpayer Dollars to Insurance Companies WASHINGTON, DC – A group of bicameral Republican health care leaders are pointing to a new legal opinion issued on Obamacare’s controversial reinsurance program. […]
Discredited ‘public option’ will fail
To cut costs, health care reform requires less government, not more. By Orrin Hatch and Fred UptonSeptember 29, 2016goo.gl/aViMI3 For middle-class families with Obamacare, summer 2016 was plagued with headline headscratchers as they learned costs would be going up and choices would be going down. Today, as the fourth enrollment season nears, the news is not […]
Hatch, Thune Lead Colleagues in Encouraging Administration to Abandon Proposed Estate Tax Regulations
Proposed Regulations Would Have Severe Chilling Effect on Family Farms and Businesses WASHINGTON — Led by U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, 41 Senate Republicans today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew encouraging the Treasury Department to abandon […]
Hatch Welcomes Committee Action on Bipartisan Pension Bills
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out two pension related bills, the Miners Protection Act of 2016 and the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016: “Today, the Finance Committee examined policies and had a constructive debate on how to best strengthen the […]
Hatch Statement at Markup of Pension Bills
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of two pension related bills, the Miners Protection Act of 2016 and the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016: Today the committee has before it a Chairman’s mark that includes the Miners Protection Act of […]
Obamacare’s Ridiculous List
Health Law’s Failures Reach New Levels of Absurdity With a disastrous summer already on the books and health care costs increasing at the greatest rate in the last 32 years, the health law’s failures are becoming more absurd and unworkable for the American people with each passing day. Skyrocketing costs, fewer options for care, and lackluster enrollment […]
Finance Republicans Call for Review of Rebate Practices for Mylan’s EpiPen
In Letter to HHS IG, Senators Express Concern over Reports of Potential Rebate Manipulation WASHINGTON – In a letter today, Senate Finance Committee Republicans requested a review of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) administration and oversight of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP) regarding Mylan’s EpiPen. The letter, led by Chairman Orrin Hatch […]
Hatch Expresses Ongoing Concerns with EC State Aid Rulings
Bipartisan Finance Committee Meeting with European Commissioner Vestager Reaffirms Opposition WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Senate Finance Committee met with European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager to discuss the European Commission’s (EC) recent ruling regarding Apple and its tax arrangements in Ireland. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who met with Commissioner Vestager prior […]