Orrin Hatch

I, as you know, have made some arguments here that this is a bill that everybody ought to be for. It is to right injustices that were created by certain people at the White House which the President even acknowledges in the sense that he…

I would still fight to my death to keep it alive, because it makes this the freest legislative body in the world and it is a great protection for the minority.

I believe in comity, and I have worked hard with my colleagues on the other side for comity. There have been innumerable bills where the Democrats have brought up not-relevant amendments throughout this process. What has happened here is…

this is a sad day in the U.S. Senate. Mrs. Bernice Harris, a loyal and hard-working employee in the Russell Coffee Shop, leaves the Senate today after more than three decades of dedicated service. In a body which is divided on many issues…

the Clinton administration, as my distinguished colleague just said, opposes the creation of an office for the enforcement of employer sanctions. The Congress should be about cutting the Federal bureaucracy, not adding to it. This bill…

This Congress is supposed to be about reducing the Federal bureaucracy. I must confess that I am perplexed about where the idea for a new Federal bureaucracy is coming from. The administration opposes this provision for a new Office of…

with regard to the Leahy-Simon amendment, let me say that this amendment is an improvement of the amendment that Senator Leahy offered in the Judiciary Committee, because it will permit for special summary exclusion procedures in…

I wish to respond to some of the extraordinary remarks President Clinton made during the recent congressional recess on crime and judicial appointments. Let me note, again, that there is simply no substitute, as a practical matter, for the…

I thank Senator Cohen very much for his work in this area, and specifically for his efforts to clarify the bill with respect to the treatment of alternative medical providers. I think that his changes have improved the bill greatly. I…

I have concerns in four specific areas. First of all, would the Senator agree that the mere practice of unconventional or non-standard therapies would not fall within the definition of fraud?

The last issue I wish to raise is with respect to a data base requirement of reporting providers, suppliers, and licensed health care practitioners who are excluded from participation in Federal or State health care programs. This is my…

As you may be aware, the alternative medicine community has expressed concerns about this provision. I have received communications from, for example, the American Preventive Medical Association and the National Nutritional Foods…

Thank you. My next concern relates to creation of the health care fraud and abuse data collection program. As you know, some people are concerned about the very establishment at the Federal level of this new program. I understand those…

I oppose this provision that could expand emergency wiretap authority to permit the Government to begin a wiretap prior to obtaining court approval in a greater range of cases than the law presently allows. I personally find this proposal…

The constitution of conspiracy to use an explosive to commit a felony is already provided for in precedent law, 18 U.S.C. 844(h). Thus, anyone who trains a terrorist to make a bomb as part of such a conspiracy would certainly be prosecuted…

I will not take long because, frankly, it comes down to one thing: that we have worked this bill out. We have worked hard with the House Members. It has been very difficult to do. They have made significant concessions to us, and…

I do not disagree with my two distinguished colleagues on that side that this might be a useful provision. After all, I wrote it, and we put it in the Senate bill. I drafted the multipoint language in the Senate bill. However, since that…

like I say, I am sympathetic to what the Senator is trying to do. He knows that. But he also knows that we have gone through this and we have come up with this bill after a year of intensive battling, fighting. And it is not just the…

Mr. President, I think that part of the disagreement we have with respect to the appropriate standard of review in habeas petitions involves differing visions as to the proper role of habeas review. Federal habeas review takes place only…

Realistically, in this real world, if law enforcement wants to get a wiretap, whether emergency or otherwise, it is going to be able to get it. That has been my experience and I think it has been the experience of every prosecutor, I…

We have been doing this for a year. We are trying to pass a bill here that will make a difference against terrorist crimes. I can say categorically that there is virtually always a way to get wiretaps if the prosecution wants it, if the…

I would just add, they will do it by the law, but realistically they can do it. I have also said that I will work with the distinguished Senator from Delaware to try to resolve these problems in a formal bill in the future, as we examine…

this Commission will explore issues surrounding the future and mission of Federal law enforcement as we enter the 21st century. Among other things, the Commission will assess our efforts to prevent and investigate future acts of domestic…

I am truly gratified at the action that I believe the Senate is about to take. Passage of this legislation is urgently needed. This bill, passing at this time, will be a memorial to the victims of terrorism. I was so moved the other day…

I think this is a big victory for all of America, but most of all for those folks who suffered in Oklahoma City, OK, and other terrorist incidents in the world. I want to acknowledge the work of some people who were critical to the passage…