Orrin Hatch

I rise today to introduce the Home Office Deduction Act of 1994. I am joined in this effort by my friends and colleagues, Senator Exon and Senator Lieberman. Companion legislation (H.R. 3407) has already been introduced in the House of…

I rise to speak briefly today about the human rights situation in the Congo, where civil strife and irregularities in the recent elections have undermined the process of democratization in that country. I believe that virtually all Members…

I remain deeply concerned that the tough provisions of the Senate's crime bill will be weakened in conference between the House and the Senate. This happened in the last Congress. I believe President Clinton should not be silent on all but…

former Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann has criticized the Senate-passed crime bill as largely irrelevant to any realistic law enforcement effort, disparaging, among other things, Republican proposals to increase Federal prison…

despite President Clinton's rhetorical support for congressional passage of a strong anticrime bill, the prevailing view inside the beltway is that weakening changes will be made to the Senate-passed bill to soften liberal opposition. This…

Mr. President, I believe our gang amendment is necessary and if federal law enforcement is not prepared, as the Post opines, the responsibility for this current erosion of Federal law enforcement rests with the Clinton administration. Our…

before I close, let me take this opportunity to express my views on an issue which I know is also of deep concern to this body: The Food and Drug Administration's continued efforts to persecute the dietary supplement industry. The FDA's…

I will oppose the nomination of William Gould as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. I do so reluctantly because I believe Professor Gould to be a fine man and a distinguished scholar. This nominee, however, has a troubling…

Congress may delegate the power to order uniform cuts in the budget to some unnamed officer of Congress. We have all heard the expression a player to be named later. Well, if this alternative passes, we will have a similar provision in the…

before I summarize the reasons the Reid amendment is an unacceptable alternative to the Simon-Hatch balanced budget amendment, I would like to reply to some of the points made by the Senator from Nevada and others in response to my…

I just hasten to point out that when the Gramm-Rudman- Hollings bill came up, I was consulted by both sides, in both the House and the Senate, and they asked us whether we thought that provision would be constitutional. We told them we did…

Mr. President, I am here not to find personal fault with anybody, but I do want to talk about the Reid amendment because it is merely a figleaf. The Reid amendment is simply a sham, a cover vote to allow Members to say to their…

Once again Senator Reid argues that Simon/Hatch implicitly grants to the President authority to impound funds, to suspend the operation of spending measures, or to rescind earmarked funding measures. Admittedly, the law of Presidential…

the Senate crime bill's death penalty provisions provide the death penalty for, among other crimes, espionage. There are efforts underway in the other body to defeat the death penalty or attach gutting amendments that will make the death…

I just have to call this proposal a sham. I called it upstairs the 'cover your backside' amendment because basically that is all it is there for. It relies on estimates, but it does not have the backup of a debt limit like Senate Joint…

Frankly, to stand here and say the reason we are putting the due date when we should reach a balanced budget to the year 2001 is so we can avoid responsibility, if I interpreted the majority leader's comments correctly, would be an insult…

That is a good indication also that they do not want it passed. They know it is bad themselves. They know that it is just a subterfuge to give people some cover so they do not have to vote for the real balanced budget amendment, which is…

I appreciate the cogent comments of my colleague, Senator Simon, on this matter. Look. We all have been in this legislative arena for a long time. When people have a tough issue, they try to get a facade amendment to pass so that people…

One issue that arises in terms of the nonjudicial enforcement of the balanced budget amendment is whether section 1 of Senate Joint Resolution 41, which mandates that total outlays for the fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for…

This amendment is carefully crafted. It brings together a wide group of consensus builders. It really will give us a chance to have some discipline in the process. It certainly is better than any statute we could pass. We have tried…

I believe it has really made a difference, and I hope people throughout this country will take heed to what he has said and get with their Senators and their Congress people and let them know it is time for this game called budgetary…

I think the law is very clear that we do not have to worry about that. But, we are probably going to put language into this amendment to resolve the problems of some of our colleagues, like yourself, who have sincere concerns in this area.

We want to do what is right here. We want to get our country back in order and get spending under control. But on a couple of legal matters, I think it would be well if I addressed them for just a few minutes because he has raised some…

Madam President, the Senate is once again considering a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, Senate Joint Resolution 41, the Simon-Hatch consensus balanced budget amendment. I wish an amendment to the Constitution were not…

it is time for President Clinton to fight for what he says he believes. I call upon President Clinton to urge the Congress to support the tough anticrime provisions contained in the Senate bill. Several weeks ago, I wrote a letter to…