Orrin Hatch: “I want to thank Senator Harkin for chairing this hearing in the absence of our esteemed chairman of the committee.”

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 say, 'damn right.'

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

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