Orrin Hatch

Ranking Member Wyden and I will be making a formal referral to the HHS Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice on at least one case we feel deserves review for potential criminal action.

The proliferation of PODs and the lack of guidance as to how these arrangements square with existing Federal law.

There is really an urgent need for more transparency.

FDA's proposal to regulate LDTs is a significant change that would impose considerable new burdens on regulated parties.

Do you believe, as prior commissioners have--every one has told me this--that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, DSHEA, provides adequate authority to regulate the dietary supplement industry and protect consumers from unsafe…

One issue that significantly affects many entities in my home State is the FDA's October 2014 proposed guidance on the regulation of LDTs, laboratory-developed tests.

If we don't allow enough data exclusivity time, we're not going to develop these therapies, especially in bio, because bio is one of four or five places, four or five techniques, where we can actually find treatments and cures.

If we reduce that data exclusivity time, especially with regard to bio, you're talking about having to charge a lot more...

The average cost, according to what I've been told, for a pharmaceutical drug is about a billion dollars...

I'm very concerned about data exclusivity.

I'm very pleased to be able to support your nomination. I'm very impressed with what you've been able to do...

All Americans deserve quality healthcare throughout their lives.

Before the Supreme Court, the administration made the remarkable claim that Federal law authorizes the Federal Government to involve itself in the hiring and firing of church ministers. Specifically, the administration said that Federal…

I rise today to speak once again on the topic of religious liberty. This is the fifth in a series of addresses I have given on this vitally important subject. In my previous remarks, I have discussed why religious liberty matters, why it…

I appreciate the work of the Senator from Delaware on our committee. He is one of the good people around here. ____________________

I wish to honor a native Utahn and dear friend on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Carolyn Lucile McDonald Shipp was born on December 5, 1935, in the L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She is the first living child born to Andrew…

I rise in strong support of the current plan to procure around 2,500 F-35s for our men and women in uniform. Recently, I understand the chairman of the Armed Services Committee called upon Congress to cut the number of F-35s our Armed…

I want to once again express my support for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 and urge my colleagues to vote in favor of invoking cloture on this legislation. As I have said before, this is not a perfect bill, and I haven't heard anyone…

I rise to speak in support of the bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, the legislation that passed in the House last night and that I expect we will be voting on soon in the Senate. Anyone who hasn't been living in a cave for the last few weeks…

History has shown us that the best remedy to poverty, and especially the cycle of poverty, is a well-paying job.

Poverty is a critical challenge for our Nation, and, far too often, children end up being the primary victims.

It's time for all business leaders to see what's become increasingly clear. Our economy has been stalled for more than a decade.

I think everyone here shares Mr. Whitman's sentiments about the crushing and remorseless nature of poverty.

I think we can all take a lesson from this bipartisan alliance.

Persons with opioid use disorder need access to all forms of effective therapy.