Orrin Hatch: “We have an opportunity to protect the Medicare guarantee, the sacred Medicare guarantee, and modernize the program.”

I am grateful to my colleagues and especially my colleague from Louisiana for his kind remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It means so much to me. I want him to know that. I want the others to realize how much I appreciated their…

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.

It is disappointing the ranking member feels a need to question a statement that I made during the hearing.

These tariffs cause American manufacturers and farmers to pay more to conduct business and consumers to pay more to buy these things.