Orrin Hatch: “The American people deserve an answer to this question, and I hope you will be willing to give us one today.”

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.

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

These taxes will hurt American families and put American jobs at risk.

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.