Hatch: Senate’s Bipartisan Long-Term Highway Approach a Win For Everyone
In a speech on the Senate Floor, Utah Senator Says, “This bill represents a victory for good government and is yet another bipartisan win for the Senate under the current leadership.” WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) urged support for the multi-year highway bill to […]
American Innovation Deserves Strong Protection in TPP
Twelve Year Standard for Biologics Should be Baseline for Trade Negotiations Chief trade negotiators are currently meeting in Hawaii to hash out what could be the final details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a twelve nation trade pact between the U.S. and Asia that promises to break down trade barriers for American exporters […]
CMS Actuary Finds Health Care Spending Outpacing GDP Growth
A new report released today from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on national health expenditures spells out an alarming trend: health spending is now outpacing the growth of the economy and expected to reach unprecedented levels over the next 10 years. Despite promises that the Patient Protection […]
Hatch to Hold Finance Hearing on Alternatives to Foster Care Group Homes
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, August 4, to explore alternatives to help families and children reduce reliance on foster care group homes. The hearing, titled “A Way Back Home: Preserving Families and Reducing the Need for Foster Care,” will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room […]
Finance Committee Welcomes Input on Chronic Care
530 Recommendations on How to Improve Care Submitted to Committee WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the submissions responding to the Committee’s bipartisan initiative to explore cost effective solutions to improve health outcomes for Medicare patients living with one or more chronic conditions. The […]
Hatch, Finance Republicans Press CMS Nominee on Obamacare Enrollment Safeguards
Letter Follows GAO’s Findings that Obamacare Marketplace Approving Subsidies for Fake Applicants WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), along with all Finance Committee Republicans, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking how the agency guarantees information used to enroll in […]
Hatch Statement on Senate Vote to Repeal Obamacare
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Senate voted on an amendment to repeal Obamacare: “The fight to repeal Obamacare is not over. It’s regrettable Democrats yet again blocked efforts to repeal and replace this disastrous law. Right now, headlines across the nation are pointing to the […]
Wyden, Hatch Call on Canada to Expand Market Access for U.S. Dairy Products in TPP
WASHINGTON – Canada must agree to significantly expand market access for dairy products from the United States in any Trans Pacific Partnership deal, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wrote to Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer today. Wyden and Hatch said their support for a final TPP agreement that […]
Hatch: Highway Bill a Historic Opportunity to Secure Nation’s Infrastructure
In speech on the Senate Floor, Utah Senator Says, “I want to express my support for this bipartisan highway bill and urge all of my Senate colleagues to do the same. The legislation that we’ll soon be debating would authorize expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund for six years and provide three years of funding. […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing Considering Trade and Pension Nominations
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement during a committee hearing considering nominations for the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Today we have before the committee two nominees: Marisa Lago, who has been nominated to serve as Deputy […]