Hatch Slams Administration for Undermining Bipartisan IRS Investigation
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) slammed the Obama Administration for undermining the Committee’s bipartisan investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups who filed for tax exempt status. Both the President and Secretary of Treasury in separate statements have charged […]
Hatch on President’s Nomination of John Koskinen to Serve as Next IRS Commissioner
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he is nominating John Koskinen to serve as the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): “As is always the case, this nominee will be fairly and thoroughly considered by the Finance Committee and the […]
Baucus, Hatch Call for Input on Improving Mental Health Care
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on the mental health care community today to share input on how to improve the mental health system in the U.S. “The lack of access to mental health care and the stigma of treatment are serious problems we […]
Democrats For “Revenue Neutral” Corporate Tax Reform, Before They Were Against It
WASHINGTON – Today, under the guise of so-called ‘tax reform,’ President Obama unveiled a new “tax and spend” proposal, which is a flip flop from his and other leading Democrats’ previous position of a revenue-neutral corporate tax overhaul. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) supports comprehensive revenue neutral tax reform that would ensure […]
In Speech, Hatch Continues Push to Permanently Delay ObamaCare
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined the adverse impact of ObamaCare on job creation in America and said the President’s signature domestic policy achievement should be permanently delayed for all Americans. “Given what we know about the problems associated with Obamacare, and, quite […]
Hatch on Need for Aggressive Trade Agenda, Trade Promotion Authority
WASHINGTON –In a speech today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined how trade liberalization will help grow the economy and spur job growth in the U.S. and said it was imperative the Obama Administration work with Congress to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Hatch delivered his remarks at […]
Hatch on President’s Tax & Spend Proposal
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the President’s call to spend more taxpayer dollars: “The President’s proposal is curious, contradictory and unserious. The President had previously agreed with the business community that any revenue generated from corporate tax reform would go toward […]
Hatch, Grassley, Coburn Welcome CMS Action to Prevent Waste, Fraud, & Abuse Within Medicare
WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) welcomed action taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicare program. The agency announced its decision to impose a temporary moratoria on the cities of Miami and Chicago […]
In Speech, Hatch Outlines Why Key to Lasting Deficit Reduction is Entitlement Reform, Not Tax Hikes
WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), outlined why the key to lasting deficit reduction is through concrete, structural entitlement reform and not raising taxes on Americans. “Once again, their message to the American people is that we have to keep the current [tax] system […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Ways Health Information Technology Improves Care
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining ways health information technology (IT) improves the quality of health care in America: Thank you, Chairman Baucus, for holding this hearing today on health information technology, or health IT. The […]