Orrin Hatch: “the minority has had this amendment for a long time. Frankly, all it does is it takes the House bill, which would…”

“the minority has had this amendment for a long time. Frankly, all it does is it takes the House bill, which would reimburse Billy Dale for his attorney's fees incurred in the criminal matter. Our amendment makes it clear that we are only reimbursing him for those attorney's fees, not for any congressional appearances; nor are we reimbursing anybody else for any congressional appearances. It clarifies and, I think, refines the bill so that it can be sent back to the House. I believe they will take that in an instant because there is a terrific injustice here. It is time to solve it. It got embroiled within the minimum wage debate. This is one of the reasons why many of us on our side agreed to go ahead with the minimum wage, which I believe the distinguished Senator from South Dakota and others on that side believe was a victory for them yesterday. I thought that once the minimum wage problem was solved, there would be absolutely nobody in this Chamber who would not want to resolve what is really a tremendous injustice to a person who has been treated very badly.”