Orrin Hatch

CHIP adds a level of security to their health care above and beyond Medicaid.

Twenty years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy and I came together to create the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

CHIP is a critical part of our country's health-care infrastructure.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been impacted over the past few days by Hurricane Irma.

Congress created CHIP with one goal in mind: to make sure no American child falls through the cracks of a health-care system with far too many.

I'm confident that in short order Congress can pass a strong and bipartisan extension of CHIP that will last for many years.

While it isn't perfect, and while, in my view, some of the subsequent changes to the program have been regrettable, I believe that, overall, people consider it to be a success.

If Congress doesn't act to provide additional Federal funding, a number of children who would likely be eligible for CHIP will go uninsured once Federal funding is exhausted.

I ask you to extend funding for CHIP with the enhanced match rate for the next 5 years.

I wish to speak on the importance of maintaining a strong Food and Drug Administration. Today we approved the user fee reauthorizations for the FDA. We have done the important work of passing these essential user fee agreements out of the…

I agree with the distinguished Senator from Texas. I thought his remarks were very much on point and very good. ____________________

I rise today to speak on a policy matter that has been generating substantial attention recently, and that is modern antitrust law. This issue is critical. In the perennial debate over the proper role of government in economic affairs, it…

last week, I joined the Senate majority leader, the Speaker of the House, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Treasury Secretary, and the Director of the National Economic Council in issuing a joint statement on tax…

If confirmed, Mr. Kaplan will need to be a strong advocate for American exporters.

I would like to extend a warm welcome to each of the nominees here today.

It will be critical that the Department of Commerce work with Congress.

This will be critical over the next few months.

They are absolutely essential for the positions under review today.

I represent a generation of lawmakers brought up on the principles of bipartisanship and compromise, and I believe these very virtues are the key to my success as a legislator. By putting these principles in practice as chairman of the…

We are especially grateful for the leadership of Finance Committee Chairman Hatch, Committee Ranking Member Wyden, and Committee Member Cantwell in championing legislation to expand and strengthen the Housing Credit.

This is an important issue, and this hearing will allow the committee to hear from experienced and well-educated witnesses who can provide more context on our affordable housing policies and the sections of the tax code that were written…

This cap increase would allow States to make meaningful progress towards meeting the housing needs of their low-income residents.

We applaud Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch's and Committee member Senator Maria Cantwell's leadership in championing legislation to expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.

S. 548 includes a provision that would prohibit States from requiring local approval of LIHTC developments.

Tax reform presents a unique opportunity to create an outcome based framework that encourages greater private capital investment in attainable housing.