Orrin Hatch: “Although 5 years have past, those statements are just as true today.”

Understanding what is happening in field and regional offices is critical in the role of executive leader of the agency.

I know of no further debate on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? Hearing none, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (H.R. 1551), as amended, was passed.

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

It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve on this committee.