Orrin Hatch: “If we cannot get a 6-year reauthorization, we are putting our communities at risk.”

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 Finance Committee has worked with the Treasury Department to ensure proper responsiveness to committee inquiries. We are continuing to review these matters to determine what further oversight is required.

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