Orrin Hatch: “Unfortunately, it appears as though U.S. trade policy has been adrift for much of President Obama's first term.”

I thank my dear colleague for his kind remarks. I didn't expect them. I didn't realize this was going on until a few minutes ago. So I am grateful to him. Thanks for that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

I intend to focus this morning on the investigation that was self-initiated by the Department of Commerce under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine whether imports of automobiles and automotive parts threaten to…

It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve on this committee.

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…