Hatch to Deliver Trade Speech at American Enterprise Institute
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) willdeliver a speech on trade promotion authority (TPA) and pending trade agreements on Friday, January, 30, 2015, at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The speech will take place at 9:00 a.m. ET at AEI Headquarters. Chairman Hatch will discuss his long-standing efforts to renew Trade Promotion […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Markup of the Hire More Heroes Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee markup of the Hire More Heroes Act, H.R. 22: This is the committee’s first markup of the 114th Congress. And, as Chairman, I chose the most bipartisan bill I could find for our […]
Time to Renew Job-Creating Trade Promotion Authority
Today, at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Obama Administration’s trade agenda, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman – the nation’s chief trade negotiator – said the renewal of bipartisan, job-creating Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) was a top priority and reiterated the President’s support for swift action: “As the President made clear last week, the […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on President Obama’s 2015 Trade Agenda
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on President Obama’s 2015 Trade Agenda: The committee will come to order. Good morning. It’s a pleasure to welcome everyone to today’s hearing on our nation’s trade agenda. Thank […]
Hatch Statement on CBO’s Budget Report
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) long-term budget outlook should serve as a call to action to take up meaningful structural entitlement reform. The report, which outlines how entitlement spending will cause deficits and debt to rise to unprecedented levels in the next 10 years, […]
Hatch Announces Markup of Hire More Heroes Act
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), today announced a committee markup of H.R. 22, the Hire More Heroes Act, legislation that will permit businesses to hire veterans without requiring them to count as a full-time employee under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The law currently requires that businesses with […]
Hatch Delivers Speech on Corporate Inversions at Brookings Institution
Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) delivered the following remarks at conference on corporate inversions hosted by the Brookings Institution: I’m very happy to be here today to talk about the problem of inversions and what I believe is the solution. Let me start with the basics. I don’t think it will surprise […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing on Jobs and a Healthy Economy
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on jobs and a healthy economy: Welcome everyone to the first hearing of the Senate Finance Committee in the 114th Congress. It is appropriately titled “Jobs and a Healthy Economy.” Despite […]
Hatch, Wyden Announce Finance Subcommittee Assignments for 114th Congress
Washington –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced assignments for the panel’s six subcommittees for the 114th Congress after committee members approved the subcommittees and rules in an executive session. The six subcommittees are Health Care; International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness; Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure; […]
Hatch, Alexander Introduce Bill to Repeal Individual Mandate
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), along with 20 other senators, introduced the American Liberty Restoration Act, S. 203, a bill that repeals Obamacare’s individual insurance mandate. “Forcing Americans to purchase insurance goes against our nation’s history of individual liberty. […]