Orrin Hatch

I understand well the procedural objections of the distinguished Senator from New Mexico to this amendment. He argues that there is no way to be absolutely certain that the Finance Committee will levy a tobacco tax. In a narrow legal sense…

First of all he says he's down to 3.2 million that he says they are truly uninsured. First off, the Senator says the 3.7 million are Medicaid eligible. That's what he said. But here is what the CBO said: 10.5 million uninsured kids, 3…

Under our amendment, $18 billion in program funding will go to the Labor Committee and $2 billion to the Finance Committee to be added to the $16 billion already in the budget resolution. That means that each committee will get $18 billion…

The bill will change the law to permit Boys and Girls Clubs to be expanded where needed, and certainly a club in a rural area could be needed, and make a significant difference to the young people in that area.

Absolutely. The original language passed last year expressly included rural areas, but this amendment is intended to make our intent clearer that not only can rural areas as well as urban qualify as distressed areas, but also that clubs…

Absolutely. I am as concerned about the threat of drugs and gangs coming into our rural communities as is the Senator from Vermont, and I believe strongly that the Boys and Girls Clubs we seek to establish are a big part of the answer to…

Mr. President last Friday, May 9, was ``Family Child Care Provider Appreciation Day'' in Utah and perhaps in other States as well. It is fitting to pay tribute to family-based child care providers who are an essential component of our…

Samuel Johnson said that ``Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.'' On April 7, Arch L. Madsen, a remarkable broadcast pioneer, died at the age of 83 in Salt Lake City…

the first thing I wish to express is my gratitude to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and the Majority Leader for the work they have done in the final weeks to improve this resolution of ratification. The Chemical Weapons…

I hoped to come to the floor today to deliver a statement commending the Attorney General for her courageous decision to do the right thing and request the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate the fundraising violations in…

I just spent 30 minutes laying out some of the evidence that I think clearly shows the grounds for further investigation. The question is how can the Attorney General continue this investigation within the Department without a conflict of…

let's just take a look at the specific, credible evidence that has surfaced to date. Huang, who received a severance package from Lippo of $788,750 is reported to have: Received a top secret security clearance that could have allowed him…

I have to suggest that if Senator Kennedy and Senator Hatch--who have such widespread differences of philosophy--can unite to propose a program like this, then anybody can get together. Despite our philosophical differences, which are…

today, Senator Kennedy, I, and a number of others, are introducing the Hatch-Kennedy child health insurance and lower deficit bill, or the CHILD Act, S. 525. We will also introduce a companion measure, S. 526, which contains a tobacco…

Intellectual property is vitally important to sustaining the high level of creativity that America enjoys, which not only adds to the fund of human knowledge and the progress of science and technology, but also results in the more tangible…

under Federal law, the Attorney General may conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether to apply to the special division of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for appointment of an independent counsel whenever she…

We did that with due deliberation, without any desire to hurt anybody and without any desire to do other than to help the Attorney General make this decision. I must confess to a degree of frustration with the Independent Counsel Act. Did…

it befalls me to make a few comments here today concerning why this investigation is so important. Before I do, I want to compliment the Rules Committee and the people on the Rules Committee who have handled this very difficult subject…

contrary to Senators Reid, Dorgan and Conrad's contention, exempting Social Security would severely impair the program. Let me say once again, an exemption would open up a loophole in the amendment and siphon-off revenues from the trust…

If we did just what we are doing now, the Senator is right, we would be a lot better off than the President's next 5-year budget. He is saying that is a balanced budget. I do not believe we will get all the way to a balanced budget and…

I am disappointed with the Senate vote. I am disappointed for the American people, especially younger Americans, and our children and grandchildren. They were the ones who lost in this defeat. I hope our younger voters will take notice of…

I thank my colleague. I heard this language, by one of the Members of the Senate, that we are just interested in a quick and easy fix, like instant rice, like Jiffy Lube, like instant coffee. A quick and easy fix, my foot. We do not…

That is correct. In the last 2 years we are going to cut 98.5 percent in order to get to a balanced budget by the year 2002. Anybody believes that, boy, do I have something to sell for you.

This pile of books illustrate the nearly three decades of unbroken deficits. Think of it. Nearly 30 years in an unbroken line, and 58 of the last 66 years during good times and bad times the Federal Government has simply spent money that…

I don't know when I have heard a better speech on the balanced budget amendment than the Senator from New Mexico has just given, or a better set of arguments for it.