Hatch Demands Answers of IRS on Senate Floor
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined his communications with the IRS and raised questions regarding lost emails of key IRS employees. “Our investigation is important. We need to have full and complete account of what went on at the IRS during the 2010 […]
Hatch: IRS Failed to Mention Additional Missing Emails in Monday Meeting
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) penned a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen demanding answers regarding the timeline surrounding the revelation that the IRS was not able to produce all emails originating from Lois Lerner and other IRS officials needed to complete the Senate Finance Committee investigation. Hatch wrote: “I […]
Hatch, Grassley Report Sheds New Light on HHS’ Botched HealthCare.gov Rollout
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Former Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued a joint minority report today entitled, Red Flags: How Politics and Poor Management Led to the Meltdown of HealthCare.gov. The […]
GAO Report: Insufficient Oversight of $65 Billion Medicaid Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, Medicaid Program Integrity: Increased Oversight Needed to Ensure Integrity of Growing Managed Care Expenditures, which found the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has failed to ensure proper oversight of […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Executive Session on Social Security Advisory Board Nominations
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee executive session on Social Security Advisory Board nominations: Thank you, Chairman Wyden, for holding today’s session to consider nominations for the Social Security Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is intended to be […]
Hatch Statement on Commissioner Koskinen Meeting
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding his meeting with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen. Hatch, along with Chairman Wyden, met with Commissioner Koskinen for over an hour Monday evening to discuss the IRS’s announcement that the committee did not have all relevant documents […]
Wyden Statement on Corporate Inversions
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on corporate inversions: “America should not be part of a race to the bottom. It’s clear that America must establish a more efficient and competitive corporate tax rate. However, any company who is paying U.S. taxes today should expect to pay U.S. taxes […]
Wyden Statement on the Committee’s Ongoing Bipartisan IRS Investigation
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement regarding the Committee’s bipartisan investigation of the IRS’s review and processing of applications for tax exempt status: “We’re working to finalize the Committee’s bipartisan investigation of the IRS’s review and processing of applications for tax exempt status. To date, our effort has […]
IRS Unable to Produce Lois Lerner Emails
WASHINGTON – Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) informing the Senate Finance Committee that Lois Lerner’s emails cannot be produced due to a hard drive crash and that additional documentation will be provided in lieu of her emails: “Today’s admission by the IRS […]
Wyden and Grassley Seek Next Steps on Health Care Transparency
WASHINGTON – Building on their work to make Medicare cost and quality data more transparent, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and senior Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, are asking providers, patients, advocates, insurers, entrepreneurs and others for new ideas for improving overall transparency in health care. “Health care-related data, specifically, is a […]