Orrin Hatch: “I know this amendment is well intentioned, but, look, I was a building tradesman as a young 16-year-old. I made a pretty…”

“I know this amendment is well intentioned, but, look, I was a building tradesman as a young 16-year-old. I made a pretty good living as a building tradesman. I could have wound up as a building tradesman, which I was very proud to be. In fact, I have had some colleagues say I should have stuck with it. In fact, one of them, when they found out I was a janitor at one time putting myself through college, said I should have stuck with it. Maybe so. But I would hate like heck to have some artificial rule or some regulatory rule by some regulatory agency of Government say that I, as a hard-working carpenter, would not be able to get a credit card and get credit that I might need for my family to make our lives a little easier because of artificial rulings like what happens as a result of this well-intentioned amendment. This is a slap in the face of every 18-, 19-, 20-year-old--and 17- year-old, 16-year-old even--people who can work; 16-, 17-, 18-, 19- year-olds who work hard, who are supporting their families. They may not be college graduates, they may not look like they quite have the future of some who have gone to college and done the things that they have done--might look like--but they are not going to be able to get credit cards under this without going through some big rigmarole decided by Government. This amendment would unfairly discriminate against young adults. I think it has to be opposed. I hope our colleagues will think about this.”