Orrin Hatch: “These tax increases are ones for the record book, and Congress should have already prevented them from occurring.”

Those backlogs at the Social Security Administration are unacceptable to many, if not most, of us here in the Senate.

I stand by everything I said during my questioning of Mr. Saul, including concerns about budget summary data.

I urge Congress pass the OPEN ACT before the end of this year.

The Finance Committee has worked with the Treasury Department to ensure proper responsiveness to committee inquiries. We are continuing to review these matters to determine what further oversight is required.