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Video: Senator Hatch Discusses The Need To Cut Federal Spending

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch discussed the need to curb deficit spending on Fox Business yesterday:

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State Of The Union Address: Will The Rhetoric Match The Policy?

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The following originally appeared as an op-ed in the National Review. -Staff

Tomorrow night, President Obama will head to the Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address to the nation. While it is sure to include the rhetorical flourishes and impeccable delivery that President Obama is renowned for, I fear it will unfortunately be dominated by populist rhetoric instead of the actual policies the administration is pushing behind closed doors -- away from the scrutiny of the Ame [...]

Hatch selected as one of America's Top Leaders...

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Washington - U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today was honored by U.S. News Media Group and Harvard's Center for Public Leadership as one of the 2009 America's Best Leaders for his work to pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation without compromising his core principles and strongly held ideological convictions. U.S. News Media Group, in association with the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy's School of Government, today released the 2009 edition of America's Best Leaders, a [...]

Hatch Requests DOJ Investigation into BCS

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Washington - U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to President Obama to express his concerns regarding the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and request that the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division look into the legality and fairness of the system.

"Mr. President, as you have publicly stated on multiple occasions, the BCS system is in dire need of reform," wrote Hatch in the letter. "Some may argue that the college football postseason is too trivial a matter to warrant govern [...]

Congratulations Jerry Sloan And John Stockton

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch honored the induction of Jerry Sloan and John Stockton to The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last Friday with this speech before the U.S. Senate today.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about a matter of great prominence to the people of my state. This past Friday, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Jerry Sloan and John Stockton were inducted into The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. This is a well-deserved honor and I wanted to take a few moments [...]

Energy Forum Tomorrow

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Tomorrow Senator Hatch is hosting a forum in Salt Lake City with Governor Herbert on the issue of our national energy policy. In particular, they're going to examine the impact of the cap-and-tax -- also known as "cap-and-trade" -- energy policy that Democrats in Washington are pursuing.

Earlier this summer, the U.S. House of Representatives passed this bill, and it is now being considered in the U.S. Senate. This forum tomorrow will specifically look at how this energy tax policy w [...]

Senator Hatch's Fiscal Future of America Economic Forum This Friday

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch invites you to join him and leading economic experts at The Fiscal Future of America forum this Friday at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Senator Hatch explains why he's hosting his forum:

Our nation is at a critical juncture. The runaway spending train enveloping Washington, D. C., is threatening to decimate the future of our children and for all Americans for generations to come. My office has received literally thousands of letters, phone calls, and emai [...]

Senator Hatch Responds To President Obama's Weekly Address

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Today, Senator Hatch delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's weekly address on the issue of health care reform.

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Transcript: U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch Delivers Weekly Republican Address

August 15, 2009

Hello. I'm Orrin Hatch, from the great state of Utah. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with all of you today to talk about the very important challenge of health care refo [...]

Video: Perils Of Government-Run Health Care

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch discusses the perils of government-run health care on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

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"Hatch's Health Care Stand Is Correct"

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Rep. Brad Daw -- from Utah House District 60 -- writes in the Ogden Standard-Examiner . . . "Hatch's Health Care Stand Is Correct":

I want to take a moment and offer a sincere best of luck to Sen. Orrin Hatch as he leads the fight against Washington's idea of health care reform.

As a member of the Utah State Health System reform task force, I can state without reservation that the only hope of genuine, long-term reform lies in less government interference and fewe [...]

Utahns Ask Judge Sotomayor Questions

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

During the confirmation hearings of Judge Sotomayor this week, Senator Hatch asked several questions submitted by Utahns:

Instead of just asking his own questions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Sen. Orrin Hatch asked her some on Thursday that Utahns suggested.

"I invited constituents in Utah to send their questions, and got an overwhelming response," he said. But he asked only two of them. One was about whether the role of judges is to correct social injustice [...]

Ask Judge Sotomayor

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch wants to give an opportunity to participate in the U.S. Senate's confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court by submitting a question for Judge Sotomayor.

Senator Hatch explains:

I would like to give you the opportunity to participate in Judge Sotomayor's hearings this week by emailing me any questions you would like to see asked at the hearing. Although I cannot guarantee your question will be asked, I will certai [...]

Opening Statement On Sotomayor Confirmation

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch gave his opening statement on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor this morning. His full statement follows:

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This is the twelfth hearing for a Supreme Court nominee in which I have participated, and I am as struck today as I was the first time by the seriousness of our responsibility and its impact on America.

I am confident that under this committee's leadership, from both you and the distinguished ranking member, this hearing [...]

Stepping Up Immigration Enforcement

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Earlier this week, Senator Hatch was played an important role in securing passage of two immigration enforcement measures.

The first measure requires the Department of Homeland Security's to complete construction of pedestrian border fencing along the entire southwestern border.

Hatch commented:

I think everyone in America knows that we have a problem with the security on our borders. I've said for a long time that, when it comes to fixing our immigratio [...]

The 22 Million Question

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama and Democrats in Congress promise that their health care plan will allow you to keep your current health coverage if you want to, but the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that's not true:

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Q: How many Americans will lose their current health coverage under the President's health care plan?

A: President Obama's health care plan will cause 22 million Americans to los [...]

Video: No Government-Run Health Care Plan

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

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Senator Orrin Hatch speaks out against adopting a government-run health care plan through a so-called "public option."

The end result would be a federal government takeover of our health care system, taking decisions out of the hands of doctors and patients and placing them in the hands of a Washington bureaucracy.

Time To Close TARP Loophole

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

With today's news that 9 banks repaid more than $66 billion they received from the TARP program, we're reminded of the importance of passing Senator Hatch's bipartisan bill to close a loophole in the program that allows the treasury to recycle these funds rather than using them to pay down the national debt.

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President's Health Care Bill Hits Major Snag

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

President Obama's health care proposal hit a major snag on Monday after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their first cost first cost estimate of the plan.

The report CBO concluded that the President's plan will:

Cost at least $1 trillion
Cause 22 million Americans to lose their current health coverage
Decrease the number of uninsured by 16 million at a cost of $62,500 per currently uninsured person

Senator [...]

Leading Efforts To Close TARP Loophole

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Right now, when banks pay back TARP funds there's no requirement that the funds be used to pay down the national debt. Without that restriction, Treasury department can reuse that money over-and-over again -- meaning that instead of being an emergency program, TARP could become a perpetual program.

That's why Senator Hatch, along with Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln, introduced a bill yesterday to close the loophole by requiring that when TARP funds are repaid they are used to pay [...]

No Government-Run Health Care Plan

orrinhatchforsenate+staff@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Senator Hatch led a group of 8 Senators this week in delivering a message to President Obama opposing a government-run plan in health care reform:

At a time when major government programs like Medicare and Medicaid are already on a path to fiscal insolvency, creating a brand new government program will not only worsen our long term financial outlook but also negatively impact American families who enjoy the private coverage of their choice. A recent Milliman study estimated [...]