Senate, House Trade Leaders Send Letter to Administration on U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) sent the following letter to the Administration ahead of this week’s meetings of the U.S.-China Strategic & […]
Hatch Statement on Obama Administration’s Decision to Delay Health Law’s Job-Killing Employer Mandate
SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Obama Administration said it will delay the penalties for employers who do not provide health-insurance coverage to workers under the President’s health law for one year: “That the Obama Administration is putting […]
Baucus, Hatch Urge Colleagues to Provide Input on Tax Reform
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today proposed a “blank-slate” approach as a legislative starting point for tax reform and called on Senate colleagues to provide proposals for tax expenditures to add back and improve in a reformed tax code. “Over the past three years, the […]
Hatch Statement on Ecuador Trade Preferences
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after Ecuador announced its intent to waive its trade preferences under the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) as deliberations continued on whether the nation would grant Edward Snowden asylum: “For many reasons I have grave misgivings about […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Evaluating Efforts to Advance High Quality Healthcare in America
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing evaluating efforts to advance high quality healthcare in America: I’m pleased that we’re having a series of hearings addressing different parts of our healthcare system. Last week’s hearing showed us that transparency […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs): I welcome this opportunity to discuss one of the key tools used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify and recover […]
Baucus, Hatch Comment on IRS Report
To: Reporters and EditorsFrom: The Communications Offices of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)Date: June 24, 2013Re: Baucus, Hatch Comment on IRS Report WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following joint statement today after […]
Baucus, Hatch Demand an End to China’s Bans on U.S. Meat Exports, Thorough Review of Smithfield Acquisition
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today demanded China end its unjustified and unscientific bans on U.S. beef and pork exports and called for a thorough review of the Shuangu Group’s planned acquisition of Smithfield Foods. “China’s policies are unscientific, inconsistent, and are directly harming the […]
Senate Passes Baucus-Hatch Bill Boosting Access to Flu Vaccines
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded the Senate’s passage of a bill that updates a key program to ensure the latest flu vaccine is available for future flu seasons. The bill covers advanced vaccines under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which assesses a […]
Senators: Health Law’s Navigator Program Lacks Consumer Safeguards, Increases Risk of Fraud
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today, nine Senators, led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), said the health law’s Navigator Program lacked appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of consumers and demanded more details on its requirements. Established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]