Hatch on the Hacking of Healthcare.gov
SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Department of Health and Human Services reported that hackers infiltrated Healthcare.gov: “Today’s news that Healthcare.gov was hacked should come as a surprise to no one. Despite numerous warnings from myself and other […]
Wyden Statement on the 40th Anniversary of ERISA
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act: “Forty years ago today, President Ford signed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act into law and enshrined a new level of security for Americans in retirement. In today’s economy, workers are carrying […]
Senate Committee Leaders Hatch and Alexander Release Joint Report on Obama Administration’s Obamacare Claims
Washington, D.C., Sept. 2– Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the top Republicans on the Senate committees overseeing health policy, today released a joint report dispelling eight major claims from the Obama administration on the president’s health care law. Hatch, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said: “The facts keep getting in […]
Wyden, Cardin, Brown Call on Guatemala to Comply with Labor Obligations
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today called on the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to resume litigation if Guatemala fails to effectively enforce its labor laws, as required by the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). “We are […]
Wyden Statement Regarding Plans to Address Corporate Inversions
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement today regarding congressional proposals to close the inversion loophole: “The inversion virus continues to plague our country and I’m encouraged that colleagues from both sides of the aisle are offering ideas on a solution. It’s important to define key principles now as we push […]
GAO Report Confirms Need for Additional Oversight of Medicare Claims Reviews
WASHINGTON – Today, a bipartisan group of 12 lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, “Medicare Program Integrity: Increased Oversight and Guidance Could Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency of Postpayment Claims Reviews.” The report, which was undertaken following a bipartisan and bicameral request to […]
Senator Hatch Washington Post op-ed: How to deal with corporate inversions — without the politics
In Washington, short-sighted policies proposed for political messaging purposes often eclipse substantive dialogue. That is exactly what we are seeing as congressional Democrats and the Obama administration play election-year politics with the growing challenge of corporate inversions. Over the past few months, many companies have responded to our overly burdensome corporate tax system by re-domiciling […]
Wyden Statement on WTO Ruling on Rare Earth Exports
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement today regarding the WTO’s ruling on China’s export restrictions on rare earths: “The WTO today delivered a resounding victory for American workers whose jobs depend on a stable supply of rare earth elements. Today’s ruling makes clear that China must withdraw its […]
Wyden Statement on Walgreens’ Inversion Decision
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news that Walgreens will not pursue a corporate inversion: “It’s great that Walgreens recognizes the long term strategic business value of staying an American company and I hope that others considering an inversion follow suit,” said Wyden. “I’m working to build a bipartisan […]
Hatch Statement on WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Impasse
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding the breakdown of trade facilitation talks in Geneva because of India’s opposition: “I am extremely disappointed that India has failed to live up to the WTO agreements reached in Bali last December. The Trade Facilitation agreement was the first multilateral agreement […]