Orrin Hatch: “This system would set up a carefully monitored exchange for Medicare plans.”

The Serve America Act of 2009 authored by Senator Orrin Hatch and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.

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.

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

I want to thank my dear colleague from Iowa. He is one of the greatest Senators I have served with. He is just a wonderful friend and a wonderful Senator. He has worked his tail off the whole time he has been here. I am grateful for his…