Orrin Hatch

I rise to speak on a patient care issue of enormous importance: regulations being promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to organ transplantation. I have long championed the need for our country to…

after months of review and careful Committee action, I am proud that the full Senate is poised to approve the International Crime and Anti-Terrorism Amendments of 1998. Along with Senators Leahy, Biden, and others, the Senate Judiciary…

prior to the passage of H.R. 3494 by the Senate and House, Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 2252 and 2252A permitted prosecution for possession of child pornography only when it could be alleged that an individual possessed…

I am delighted at the recent passage of S. 505, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. The main purpose of the bill is to ensure adequate copyright protection for American works abroad by extending the U.S. term of copyright…

last Thursday the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, the conference report on H.R. 2281, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). I rise today to laud the House's action in adding its vote of approval to that of the Senate. The…

As we begin to wrap-up the 105th Congress, there remains one essential item of business which I strongly believe warrants Senate action before we adjourn for the year. Over the past year, numerous concerns have been raised by home health…

What this legislation will accomplish is straightforward. If a person is able to repay their debts, they will be required to do so. We must restore personal responsibility to the bankruptcy system. If we do not, every family in America…

I am pleased to note the passage of H.R. 3494, the Hatch-Leahy-DeWine ``Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998.'' I want to thank Senators Leahy and DeWine for their cooperation in drafting and advocating the passage of…

I want to use this public forum to recognize and thank Robert for his tireless efforts behind the scenes to keep the Utah Schools and Lands Exchange Act, just passed by the Senate, on track. From the day he arrived on my staff in 1993, I…

it is fitting that, as we conclude the 105th Congress, we can add to our long list of accomplishments the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. This bill has been in the works throughout this Congress and is a fine…

as my colleague well knows, I have facilitated a number of meetings with interested parties from all sides of this issue to try to work out a consensus bill. Obviously more work needs to be done to pass a bill that is acceptable to all…

This is even more true for a bill that has copyright as its subject matter, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the conference report which passed the Senate today by unanimous consent. But the DMCA is one of the most important…

I rise to introduce today a bill to amend title 36 of the U.S. Code, to codify certain laws related to patriotic and national organizations that were enacted after the cut-off date for the title 36 codification recently enacted by Public…

I agree with the view that there appears to be a workload problem facing a number of district courts in Florida and some other areas. The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to act to review the matter and where necessary provide the…

S. 1301, the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998, was reported out of the Judiciary Committee with strong bipartisan support and is one of the most important legislative efforts to reform the bankruptcy laws in 20 years. I would like to…

let me take a moment to speak about an amendment that has not been discussed in the last several days. Under the unanimous-consent agreement, I am permitted and had planned to offer a scaled-down version of broadly supported and bipartisan…

we know that only about 22 percent of the American people who are on minimum wage are people who have households to support. Almost every job on minimum wage is given to somebody who literally needs a job, would not otherwise have that…

I oppose the amendment. Under the provision, in any 707(b) case brought by a creditor, the court would consider whether the creditor had used good faith in the extension of credit. This determination necessarily would involve looking at…

yesterday, my colleague Senator Grassley introduced Senate Joint Resolution 56, a bill cosponsored by Senator Kyl and me that expresses the sense of Congress in opposing efforts in various States to legalize marijuana and other Schedule I…

we have all heard the shocking accounts of teenaged girls giving birth and then dumping their newborns into trash cans. One young woman from Delaware gave birth in a bathroom stall during her prom, and then proceeded to strangle and…

I find it somewhat ironic and, frankly, indefensible that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who are now arguing for parental consent here in order to obtain a credit card, would also argue against requiring parental…

I know this amendment is well intentioned, but, look, I was a building tradesman as a young 16-year-old. I made a pretty good living as a building tradesman. I could have wound up as a building tradesman, which I was very proud to be. In…

I have been to Puerto Rico. I have to say it is a beautiful land. These are our fellow citizens. They have to make this determination. Of course, we should give them that right. I have heard both arguments within Puerto Rico. Some feel it…

I am glad to stand with the distinguished Majority Leader and the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee to explain how we plan to proceed with respect to reform of the copyright compulsory license governing the retransmission of…

This bill is simply about protecting the health and safety of minor children and the rights that their own states have concluded their parents should have. Specifically, it simply seeks to enforce state laws requiring parental involvement…