Orrin Hatch

for many years, Congress has recognized that private institutions can often provide better service in certain areas than the government. In this regard, membership organizations that serve various public needs are given tax-exempt…

let me just say I compliment my colleagues for the excellent job they have done in coming up with the first 10 bills of this session. I think they are bills that the American people have to be very interested in. There is no question that…

I have to say I am very disappointed. The Clinton administration is playing political games with the illegal immigration reform bill. This is one of the most important bills of this whole Congress. The Congress has worked very hard on this…

Nurturing our biomedical research infrastructure is one of the most important roles Government can serve, and that is why S. 1897 is a significant piece of legislation. I rise to express my support for the bill, and, in particular, to…

I rise today to speak about civil justice reform. Many of us had high hopes for tort reform in the 104th Congress, which has been desperately needed for so many years. Unfortunately, President Clinton has blocked our litigation reform…

I rise in support of S. 1718, the intelligence reauthorization bill, with the understanding that one inequity contained in the bill will be corrected in conference. The bill in its current form contains what I believe is an inappropriate…

Another adverse ramification of the President's action today is inability to responsibly extract the high-quality, clean-burning, low-sulfur coal that lies in the Kaiparowits coal basin. Please note, the coal is in the basin, not on the…

a number of us have spent countless hours trying to devise a plan to turn back the dreadful tide of methamphetamine abuse which is now beginning to flow westward across the United States, threatening to engulf both cities and rural areas…

I am appalled by this debate. Relying on confidential documents, some of my colleagues have continued, in my opinion, the public smearing of Billy Dale. I am astonished that they would use such a tactic in the U.S. Senate, one that I think…

What I said was that somebody from either the Justice Department or White House leaked it to the U.S. News & World Report before Chairman Clinger asked for this material.

Although Representative Clinger had a right to ask for it, I am not sure they should have given it to him. But they did. But at least before they gave it to him, somebody leaked it to U.S. News & World Report. That somebody had to be…

The media has never objected. The point I was making is the media, when they knew about it, never objected--never objected at any time. And, in fact, one major representative of the media testified--

The Justice Department was not subpoenaed for that document. If anybody was, it was the White House. Why would they have that document?

this has to be one of the most hypocritical White Houses in this century. And that is really saying something. Frankly, I think it is abominable, absolutely abominable. And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are attempting to…

here we have the Clinton administration quietly approving reimbursement of legal expenses for its people at a time when President Clinton opposes giving Mr. Dale a ``special preference.'' That was said by the President in his Rose Garden…

I am absolutely astounded that people would come here and try to try Billy Dale again. I am now going to quote Mr. Watkins: On Monday morning, you came to my office and met with me and Patsy Thomasson. At that meeting, you explained this…

I want to commend my esteemed colleague from Colorado, Senator Campbell, for his vision and hard work on the drug trafficking problem in the Rocky Mountain region. I join him today in supporting the committee's focus on the unfortunate…

everybody here knows I have worked hard to pass the hate crime statistics bill, I worked hard with the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts to pass AIDS bills and do other things that benefit people who are gay and lesbians. I believe…

while the proponents of this bill have tried to minimize the potential impact of the bill, the fact is that, if it passes, the public and private employers of America subject to title VII will face the juggernaut of the Federal enforcement…

I oppose this legislation. The bill before the Senate has vast ramifications. This bill represents a massive increase in Federal power. For example, Federal bureaucrats, Federal courts, and plaintiffs' lawyers will be given enormous new…

Keep in mind the Senator just got through equating homosexuality with race, which is exactly what is going to happen should this legislation pass. Mr. President, I might add that the experience under State law that he refers to is largely…

I rise today to describe why the repeal of Internal Revenue Code section 956A, which is included in the Small Business Tax Relief bill, is important to both U.S. businesses and American workers. In his remarks 2 days ago, the distinguished…

with respect to the corporate-owned life insurance provision in the conference agreement to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, I would like to clarify the definition of a fixed and variable rate of interest as…

it has been a long journey to this moment in history, as we prepare to approve the conference agreement on H.R. 3103, the Kassebaum/Kennedy Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996, and send it to the President for his signature. What we…

Today we take the first big step in ending the era of big government. Today, we send the states the authority to design their own programs for the needy. We move one step further away from the one-size-fits-all approach that comes from a…