Orrin Hatch: “You are a good man who has the ability and the capacity to be able to do what needs to be done in this area.”

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

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.

The Serve America Act of 2009 authored by Senator Orrin Hatch and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.