Hatch and Upton Press CMS On Lack of Oversight of Medicaid Verification Systems
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of ongoing bicameral collaboration to protect Medicaid services for the most vulnerable, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) sent a letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The leaders are concerned […]
Hatch Statement at Customs Conference Meeting
WASHINGTON – Today, during the Senate and House conference committee meeting on H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, Senate Finance Committee Chairman and conferee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) delivered the following statement: It is my honor to chair this public meeting of the conferees on H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation […]
Hatch says Non-Partisan Scorekeeper Agrees, Obamacare Hurts Jobs
CBO Says Health Law Projected to Cut Labor Force by Two Million WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that found under President Obama’s health law, the labor force is projected to be without about two million full-time-equivalent […]
Senate & House Customs Conferees to Hold Public Meeting
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) announced the Senate and House conference committee on H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, will hold a public meeting at 5:45 p.m. on Monday, December 7, in Room S-211 in the U.S. Capitol Building. “The Senate and House conferees are […]
With President’s Signature, Long-Term Highway Bill Becomes Law
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today praised the Republican Congress’s work to produce a long-term bipartisan highway bill that funds America’s surface transportation programs for five full years without raising taxes or adding to the deficit. Hatch issued the following statement after the President signed the bill, known as Fixing America’s […]
Hatch Statement on Passage of Obamacare Repeal
Utah Senator Says, “Today, Senate Republicans fulfilled our promise to end the negative consequences of Obamacare by repealing the President’s unaffordable health law. It’s now time the Obama Administration and Democrats own up to the law’s failures, reverse course, and work with Republicans to forge patient-centered reforms that reduce costs and improve care for the […]
Obamacare’s Horrible Headlines
News Outlets Coast to Coast Detail Health Law’s Negative Consequences This week, Senate Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process to repeal the President’s signature domestic policy achievement, Obamacare. In doing so, Senate Republicans are fulfilling a promise to repeal a failed law that has led to higher healthcare premiums, higher taxes, and fewer choices […]
Hatch, Grassley Seek Accounting of Recovery of Misused State Health Care Exchange Funds
WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to account for how much federal money it has given to each state health care exchange, how much money it has identified as misused, what it can do to recover money for […]
Hatch: Time to Repeal Unaffordable Obamacare
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined reasons why Senate Republicans are committed to fulfilling a promise to repeal the President’s signature domestic policy achievement, Obamacare, through the budget reconciliation process, saying the law’s failure to address costs has left American families with a devastating […]
Time to Repeal Obamacare’s $1 Trillion Tax Hike
American Workers & Job Creators Forced to Foot the Bill for Failed Health Law From the outset, Obamacare has been a sad series of broken promises that has failed to address one of the top concerns Americans have when it comes to health care: rising costs. Dramatically higher health insurance premiums are falling on the […]