Hatch Says Secretary Sebelius Pressuring Health Insurance Companies to Support Enroll America Raises Even More Ethical, Legal Questions
WASHINGTON – Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said today after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted to asking health care companies to support Enroll America, the private group headed by a former Obama Administration official and charged with getting Americans to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act […]
Hatch on Medicare, Social Security Trustees’ Reports
SALT LAKE CITY – After the Medicare and Social Security Trustees’ reports were released today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that the Medicare program’s slower growth doesn’t capture the real challenges facing Medicare, since the report largely reflects the nation’s slow economic growth. He noted that longer-term […]
Senate Republicans Call for Inspector General Review of Fundraising Activities at HHS
WASHINGTON – Senate Ranking Members Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) of the Senate Finance Committee, Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today called on the Inspector General of the Health and Human Services (HHS)¬ Department to launch an […]
Hatch, Rubio Announce Bill to Strengthen, Expand HSAs, FSAs
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), today introduced the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2013, legislation to strengthen and expand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) for Americans. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing on Legislation to Strengthen U.S. Customs Agencies, Boost Job-Creating Trade
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 S. 662, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013: The long and distinguished history of the United States Customs and Border Protection agency dates back to 1789, […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing Examining the Targeting of Conservative Groups by the IRS
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 theInternal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this important hearing. You and I do not always agree on all of the issues, but on […]
Hatch on IRS Scandal, Call for Investigation into Public Disclosure of Private Tax Information
WASHINGTON – After every Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) earlier today requesting an investigation into the release of confidential taxpayer information to the news organization ProPublica, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered a speech […]
Finance Committee GOP Demand TIGTA Investigate Leak of Non-Profits’ Confidential Tax Information
WASHINGTON –Senate Finance Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today, called on Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Russell George to conduct a full investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) possible role in the disclosure of nine conservative groups’ confidential applications for tax-exempt status, six of which, appeared on the […]
Senate, House Republicans Call on GAO to Investigate Sec. Sebelius’s Solicitation of Funds for Private Non-Profit
WASHINGTON – Senate Ranking Members Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) of the Senate Finance Committee, with House Chairmen Fred Upton (R-Mich.) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Dave Camp (R-Mich.) of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) of the […]
Hatch on President Obama’s News Conference on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement this evening after President Obama held a news conference on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups: “I’m glad the President responded to Senate Republicans’ call for full cooperation with Congress as we investigate the […]