Orrin Hatch: “I want to thank Chairman Harkin and Senator Enzi for scheduling today's hearing on the controversial nomination of Mr.…”

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.

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…

In a global economy, it's important to be fair.

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