Memo Confirms Obama Administration Long Planned to Undermine Welfare Work Requirements, Ignore Welfare Prohibitions as Far Back as 2009
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today released a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) internal memo that confirms that as early as 2009, the Obama Administration was actively exploring ways to circumvent welfare work requirements and other key provisions that […]
Hatch on Presidential Nomination of Michael Froman to U.S. Trade Representative
SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees international trade policy, issued the following statement after President Obama nominated Michael Froman to serve as U.S. Trade Representative: “I am pleased that President Obama finally announced his nominee to head the Office of the U.S. Trade […]
Hatch, Upton Unveil Solutions Blueprint for Making Medicaid Work
WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today released the “Making Medicaid Work” blueprint to modernize the Medicaid program. The in-depth report, which is based on extensive feedback from states and input from providers and patients, highlights the program’s troubling fiscal […]
Hatch Floor Statement on Internet Sales Tax Bill
Mr. President, on Monday, before the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Marketplace Fairness Act, I came to the floor to discuss the need to reinstate the committee process here in the Senate. I have come to the floor many times over the past few months to talk about the importance […]
Hatch, Alexander Demand Answers on Use of Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Foreign Labor Unions
WASHINGTON – The top Republicans on the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committees want to know why American taxpayer dollars are being used to promote collective bargaining rights in foreign countries. Finance Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and HELP Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today wrote two separate letters to the […]
Hatch Questions Single State Waiver for Health Insurance Rating Requirements
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of Senate Finance Committee, questioned the Obama Administration’s decision to waive the health insurance rate requirements that were included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for only one state, Massachusetts. […]
Hatch Introduces Amendment to Improve Marketplace Fairness Act
WASHINGTON – Concerned with its impact on small businesses and consumers, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced an amendment to S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act, that includes seven different components to strengthen and improve the underlying bill, including provisions that would sunset the legislation after five […]
Bipartisan Finance Committee Report Details Policy Recommendations to Combat Waste, Fraud & Abuse in Medicare & Medicaid
WASHINGTON – Today, five members of the Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), released a detailed analysis outlining a comprehensive overview of the policy and legislative recommendations received from 146 stakeholders in the health care community on ways to improve federal efforts to combat waste, fraud, […]
Hatch Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining the Opportunities & Challenges of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at a committee hearing examining the opportunities and challenges of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Over a decade ago, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore launched negotiations to more fully integrate their economies. The vision was simple: […]
Hatch Statement on Max Baucus Not Seeking Re-Election
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) announced that he would not seek re-election: “Max Baucus has a sign on his desk that says, ‘Montana Comes First,’ and he’s always served by putting the people and […]