Orrin Hatch

Is it possible for FDA to trace adverse events and identify the source without a unique identifier in the name?

There are a lot of tradeoffs in the naming convention.

Has FDA analyzed, No. 1, the extent to which these cost of changing names is passed on to healthcare payers and consumers?

I have been a Member of this body for nearly four decades. During that time, I have had the honor of participating in numerous debates that shaped the course of our future, but I can think of none more important than the one in which we…

Earlier today, the Senate Finance Committee finally and at long last issued its report on its bipartisan investigation of the IRS's treatment of organizations applying for tax- exempt status. As you will recall, this investigation began 2…

I thank my colleague. Look, people can make up their own minds about this. Read the doggone report. We cannot read it and just say: Brush it off; there is just one rogue employee there. There are all kinds of employees that are mentioned…

Unfortunately, the IRS has lost the trust of the American people, and it does not have the credibility to make the necessary reforms on its own.

Our overall goal here should be to restore the credibility of the IRS and ensure that this very powerful agency treats all American taxpayers fairly.

I am concerned, as a taxpayer, with the breaches that we have had.

In May 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed that, in the run-up to the 2010 and 2012 elections, the Internal Revenue Service had targeted certain organizations applying for tax-exempt status for extra and…

Simply put, we need a cultural change at the IRS.

The IRS's credibility and to abandon any effort to inject more rules and restrictions into the political process.

We should seriously consider what actions are necessary for us to make sure that culture never again exists.

I rise to speak once again on the Social Security Disability Insurance--or DI--Program. As everyone in this Chamber should know, the DI trust fund is projected to be exhausted next year. That means, absent any change in law, we will be…

Should you redirect... the $27 million of taxpayer resources in a different direction?

I believe the committee's report speaks for itself on this matter.

I believe we do the American people a disservice if we attribute the inexcusable behavior of IRS employees simply to incompetence.

Whenever possible, children should grow up in a home with their family.

I think Senator Wyden's comments earlier about the priority of relatives is something that is well ingrained in our culture and in our practice.

Congress provides billions of dollars in taxpayer money for many different programs in various areas, including women's health. Sometimes, however, we have to draw the line, rearrange our priorities, and put some things off-limits. This is…

Too many children and youth spend years isolated and confined in foster care group homes.

Children and youth should only be placed in group homes for short periods of time.

Home is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

Soon we will vote on final passage of a bill that will provide a long-term solution to the shortfalls of the highway trust fund. If enacted, this bill will provide the longest paid-for authorization of highway and transportation spending…

Today, I pay tribute to Duchesne County--a remarkable Utah county that is celebrating its 100th birthday. Located in northeastern Utah, Duchesne County is rich with natural resources and home to some of the State's most majestic scenery…