Senate, House Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support American Manufacturers, Strengthen Trade Ties with Developing Countries
WASHINGTON – Today, the leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees announced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help advance America’s trade priorities and better facilitate U.S. trade with developing countries. The AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 introduced by Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (R-Ore.) […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Congressional Trade Priorities
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on Congressional trade priorities: I would like to thank everyone for attending today’s hearing on Congress and U.S. Tariff Policy. And, welcome to the distinguished panel of witnesses we have before the committee today: […]
Hatch and Ryan Ask IRS to Clarify Tax-Exempt Status of “Worker Centers”
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen asking for the agency to clarify the tax status of organizations known as “worker centers”. The letter follows concerns that some worker centers have engaged […]
Hatch Praises Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Permanently Repeal SGR
WASHINGTON – Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement praising the passage of H.R.2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill that permanently repeals and replaces the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), also known as the “Doc Fix”, with an improved payment system based on legislation […]
IRS Spending Millions on Polling and Office Furniture as Tax Day Nears
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen asking for the agency to explain a number of questionable spending items as the deadline for hardworking taxpayers to file nears. Hatch is asking for the IRS to explain why spending on the following […]
Hatch Calls for IRS to Throw Out Proposed Rule Regulating Political Activity
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen calling for the agency to cancel its plans to broaden a proposed rule that would further restrict the speech and activities of a wide range of tax exempt organizations. In March, Commissioner Koskinen announced […]
Hatch Praises Plan to Permanently Repeal SGR
WASHINGTON – In a speech today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praised the bipartisan bill that would permanently repeal and replace the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), also known as the “Doc Fix”, with an improved payment system based on legislation that was advanced by the Finance Committee in 2013. “While many critics deemed […]
Hatch and Grassley Press Administration on CMS Head’s Relationship with UnitedHealth Group Subsidiary
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell questioning the lack of transparency over how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) managed potential conflicts of interest regarding Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt and his […]
Hatch Amendment Helps Guarantee Solvency of Medicare Program
Utah Senator Says, “We have a moral obligation to put Medicare on a sustainable path.” WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today offered an amendment (#796) to S.Con.Res 11, the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 that would help guarantee the solvency of the nation’s largest entitlement program, Medicare. The […]
Hatch: Senate Republican Budget Puts Fiscal House in Order without Raising Taxes
WASHINGTON – In a speech today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) applauded the Senate Republican budget and detailed ways in which it will reduce deficit spending and balance the budget – two crucial steps in putting the nation’s fiscal matters back on a sound path for economic growth. “The Senate Republican Budget would achieve […]