Orrin Hatch: “I do not think one can artificially put some cap on Medicare and Medicaid expenditures separate and apart from total…”

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…

I say, 'damn right.'

I thank Senators Alexander, Whitehouse, Grassley, Feinstein, Coons, and Kennedy for all of their hard work on this important bill. I am touched by this gesture. I also thank all of the staffs involved, including those in the cloakroom, and…