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Congressional Leaders Push for Permanent Fix to Broken SGR Formula

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman […]

Baucus, Hatch Laud Finance Committee Action on Proposals to Strengthen & Improve Child Welfare in America

WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded Committee action on a bipartisan package of legislative proposals to improve child welfare in America. The Supporting At-Risk Children Act strengthens and renews adoption incentive and foster care policies; works to combat child sex trafficking; and improves the […]

Hatch Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after completion of a four-day Ministerial meeting in Singapore regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations: “A comprehensive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that embodies high-standards provides the United States a real opportunity to gain greater access to […]

Hatch on Treasury IG Report on ObamaCare Tax Credit Fraud

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report that found that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has an inadequate system in place for preventing fraudulent Affordable Care Act premium subsidy payments from […]

Hatch Says Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Should Serve as Call to Action to Take on Pension Crisis

WASHINGTON – After a bankruptcy judge in Detroit, Michigan ruled today that the city’s public pension funds would be subject to cuts in bankruptcy, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement calling for action to confront America’s public pension crisis: “It’s an indisputable fact that Detroit’s […]

Hatch on Proposed 501(c)(4) Rule Change

SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced proposed new rules governing 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organizations: “There is much in these proposed rules to scrutinize. Any change should be carefully considered in a […]

GOP Lawmakers Question Success of ObamaCare Loan Program

WASHINGTON – Today, five Republican lawmakers wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and questioned the success of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OP) loan program – a new ObamaCare program that has issued nearly $2 billion in loans to non-profit health insurance issuers – and whether taxpayer dollars would be repaid […]

Hatch Statement at Senate Finance Committee Hearing Considering Treasury & Trade Nominations

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Rhonda Schnare Schmidtlein to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission: Mr. […]