Hatch to Hold Second Finance Hearing on Corporate Integration
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, May 24, to explore how corporate integration could make the tax code neutral in regards to financing with debt or with equity. The hearing, titled “Debt versus Equity: Corporate Integration Considerations,” will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Corporate Integration
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine corporate integration, and specifically, how allowing corporations to deduct dividends could create a more efficient and fairer system of taxation of corporate profits: I’d like to welcome everyone here this morning. Even a cursory […]
Hatch, Rubio Press Administration Again on Illegal Obamacare Reinsurance Payments
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today pressed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of the Treasury to answer questions asked in a letter dated March 8, 2016 regarding how the Obama Administration justified failing to make payments to the […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Social Security and Medicare Trustees Nominations
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement at a hearing to consider two Social Security and Medicare Trustees nominations: I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s hearing to consider pending nominations. Before us today are Dr. Charles Blahous and Dr. Robert Reischauer, who have both been nominated […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Customs and Border Protection
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) efforts to enhance trade facilitation and enforce U.S. trade laws, including the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015: I would like to welcome […]
Hatch to Hold Finance Hearing on Corporate Integration
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, May 17, to examine corporate integration, and specifically, how allowing corporations to deduct dividends could create a more efficient and fairer system of taxation of corporate profits. The hearing, titled “Integrating the Corporate and Individual Tax Systems: The Dividends Paid Deduction Considered,” will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of […]
Hatch, Wyden Applaud Senate Passage of Bill to Assist American Manufacturers
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today applauded Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation, the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016, and issued the following statements: “We need to ensure that American job-creators can compete successfully in today’s 21st century global economy,” said Hatch. “This legislation […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Evidence-Based Delivery and Funding for Social Welfare Programs
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine the role of outcomes and evidence standards in shaping social policies and how they can be best applied to program delivery and financing models: Good afternoon. I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s […]
ICYMI, Doctor-Device Deals Need Scrutiny, Report Says
Senate Finance panel says physicians need to inform patients and hospitals of device deals By Stephanie ArmourMay 9, 2016 http://goo.gl/tSfqMW Spinal surgeons are more likely to perform surgery if they profit from the medical devices used in the treatment, according to a congressional study that recommends more safeguards to police such financial incentives. The report by […]
Hatch Releases Updated Report on Physician-Owned Distributorships
Findings Detail How Physicians with Financial Interests in Medical Device Companies Recommend and Overutilize Invasive Surgeries for Patients WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released an updated report on physician-owned distributorships (PODs), that for the first time, details the extent to which POD ownership influences the behavior of physicians when recommending invasive […]