Orrin Hatch

I rise in support of the nomination of Andrei Iancu to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. USPTO is critically important. It is a critically important agency that…

I would also like to take a couple of minutes to discuss a bill that I will be introducing with Senators Coons, Graham, and Whitehouse called the Clarify Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, or the CLOUD Act. It is a tremendously important…

I rise today to discuss the pressing need to reform our high-skilled immigration system. This is an issue I've championed for a number of years and one that becomes only more urgent with each passing season. It is also an issue that I…

Now, Mr. President, turning to another subject, I would like to speak for a few minutes on Sam Brownback's recent confirmation as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. I've known Governor Brownback for many years, and I…

there is a lot of debate about immigration right now. We all know that we need to do something about DACA. I know that as well as anyone. I have been working on a solution for the Dreamer population for a very long time, and we are going…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Hatch pertaining to the introduction of S. 2344 are printed in today's Record under…

I rise with my good friend from Tennessee to discuss some truly landmark legislation we are introducing today that is long overdue. It is called the Music Modernization Act, and it will reshape the music licensing landscape to bring it…

I ask unanimous consent that Anna Bonelli, a detailee on the Senate Committee on Finance, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I can't express my appreciation well enough to thank the Senator from Tennessee for this wonderful set of remarks he has just given. He has outlined it as well as it could be done. Tennessee has always been very well represented, but Lamar…

I thank my good friend, Senator Coons, for co-sponsoring the Music Modernization Act and for his engagement on this critically important subject. Like Senator Coons, I want this bill to achieve broad support so that it can move forward in…

earlier this week, the Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution to reopen the government. This came after weeks of acrimony and no shortage of hostility here on the Senate floor and elsewhere. While most of the recent debate has been…

I support competency-based education largely because it benefits both students and communities by preparing students to respond to rapidly changing workforce needs.

Innovation in higher education can take many shapes and sizes, and often times innovation and access can be one in the same topic.

AAP thanks Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Casey for their strong leadership on the Federal Emergency Medical Services for Children, or EMSC, Program.

ensuring that America's kids have access to quality medical care is among my top priorities in the Senate. That is why, long ago, I reached across the aisle to create the revolutionary Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. I am…

I listened to the distinguished Senator from Illinois. The Democrats never do anything wrong, do they? They are always right. I have to tell you, they do a lot of things that are wrong, and they are not always right. And this is a…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Funding the Government

as we move closer to the expiration date for Federal Government funding at the end of the week, there is no shortage of rancor in the air. Pundits and partisans have, for weeks now, been arguing incessantly about a wide range of issues…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Order for Recess

But there's been a rather stunning lack of action from the administration.

the administration has a long way to go in terms of transparency on trade.

I need to welcome our newest member, Senator Whitehouse, to the Finance Committee.

no administration should expect to have my support for a trade agreement that fails to include provisions that protect the Internet as an open platform of commerce, speech, and the free exchange of ideas of all kinds.

If there is not a plan, then everything the American people heard in 2016 about cracking down on China was just a bunch of empty campaign patter.