Hatch Speaks on Nomination of Marilyn Tavenner to Head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
WASHINGTON – With the Senate set to vote on Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) later today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) spoke on the Senate floor in support of the nominee. “Overseeing a massive bureaucracy like the one at CMS is not […]
In Letter to President, Senate Republicans Demand Complete Cooperation Into IRS Investigation
WASHINGTON –Today, all 45 Republican Senators demanded that the Obama Administration fully comply with congressional investigation requests for information on how the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeted conservative groups. In a letter led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the Senators outlined concerns regarding conflicting responses from […]
TIGTA Report Summary on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
MEMORANDUM TO: Reporters and EditorsFROM: Antonia Ferrier and Julia Lawless for Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)RE: TIGTA Report on IRS Targeting Conservative GroupsDATE: Tuesday, May 14, 2013____________________________________________________________________________ Today, the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration (TIGTA) released its report on the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). […]
Finance Republicans Demand Answers on HHS Decision to Solicit Donations
WASHINGTON –Following press reports indicating Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited funds from health care executives to assist with the implementation of the President’s health law, Senate Finance Committee Republicans are demanding answers. In a letter spearheaded by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the Senators asked for a top to bottom review of […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Medicare Physician Payments
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 physician payments: Last year, this committee held a productive series of roundtable discussions with key stakeholders on this very topic, which helped to set the stage for us to […]
Timeline of Key Events Surrounding IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups
March 1, 2010: An IRS manager in Cincinnati, Ohio asks employees to begin searching for 501(c) tax exemption applications using the terms Tea Party, Patriots and 9/12 as their criteria. April 1, 2010: Managers in Washington, DC and Cincinnati decide to send a “Sensitive Case Report” about the Tea Party cases up the chain in […]
Hatch Calls for Finance Committee Hearing, Investigation into IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today wrote to Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) requesting a Finance committee hearing and bipartisan investigation into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) targeting conservative groups for greater scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status. Below is the letter Hatch […]
Hatch on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) apologized for targeting conservative groups: “While I’m glad to see the IRS apologize for unfairly targeting conservative groups, this frankly isn’t enough. We need to have ironclad guarantees from the […]
Hatch Statement on President’s Health Law
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama hosted an event on his signature domestic policy achievement, the health care overhaul: “The reality of ObamaCare doesn’t stand up to the promises the President’s made. This ill-conceived law is pushing up the […]
Baucus, Hatch Call on Health Care Providers to Pitch in and Provide Ideas to Improve Medicare Physician Payment System
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today called on health care physicians and other providers from across the country to bring ideas to the table on how to improve Medicare’s physician payment system. In a sharply-worded letter to health care providers, the senators called the current […]