Orrin Hatch: “I'm impressed with both of you, and I'm hopeful that you'll be great members of the Board.”

Having a confirmed Commissioner and sustained leadership will benefit the Social Security Administration.

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.

In a global economy, it's important to be fair.

for more than four decades, I have had the distinct privilege of serving in the United States Senate--what some have called the world's greatest deliberative body. Speaking on the Senate floor, debating legislation in committee, corralling…