Orrin Hatch: “Today, the committee welcomes the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen.”

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

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

I urge Congress pass the OPEN ACT before the end of this year.

The Serve America Act of 2009 authored by Senator Orrin Hatch and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.