Orrin Hatch actually said...

"The most immediate effect on these miners will be at the end of this year for the 21,000-plus who will lose their health care completely."

"Ten million Americans are covered by multiemployer pension plans, and, currently, more than one-third of those people are in plans that are critically underfunded."

"Senator Hatch's proposal to allow state and local governments to purchase deferred annuities for their employees would provide those employees with a true guaranteed retirement benefit along with port..."

"We need to find a workable solution for underfunded multiemployer pension plans that does not come at the expense of those who have worked hard."