Orrin Hatch

This bill attempts to wipe it all out to eliminate even minimal regulations that most Americans support.

This bill makes a pretty clear statement that there is nothing unique about abortion, nothing that makes it different from any other medical procedure.

I do not recall Congress ever passing a law that prohibited States from enacting entire categories of laws simply because Congress says so.

This bill would prohibit restricting abortions based on the reasons for the abortion.

You know, Congress has a few times told the States that they had to pass certain legislation, but only as a condition of receiving Federal funds of some kind.

I have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury Act. It is my pleasure to be joined in this effort by my colleague and fellow member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, Senator Bob Casey…

I rise to commend the holding of the Supreme Court's decision this morning in NLRB vs. Noel Canning. The Court's decision is a critical victory for the principle that we are a nation of laws, not of men. It is a vindication of the…

I think that we should be more effective in using those reports as a platform for policy action with some of our key trading partners.

I support all three of you. So I really should not be asking many questions.

Yes. I share your concern about overuse of group homes.

But let me just ask you, Dr. Sheets: can you assure me that you will make conclusion of an ambitious and comprehensive Trade in Services Agreement, or TISA, a priority?

TPA is the linchpin to our international trade agenda.

But you have all been excellent, as far as I am concerned, and very helpful to the committee.

Intellectual property, in my opinion, is fundamental to the U.S. economy.

I want to give the new government a chance, but I also want to make sure that there is progress.

So you will work with me to limit group home placements for children and youth in foster care?

I was a young kid born under very trying circumstances, and Pittsburgh was a wonderful place to be raised.

It is vital that Treasury be more responsive to information requests from Congress.

I would expect such action to include the development of a written, meaningful, and effective action plan with definite timetables for implementation.

I cannot stress how deadly it is that our trade laws mean that we have to lose jobs, lose market share, lose profitability.

I have introduced a bill establishing a Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator at USTR.

So I hope the committee will soon act on these pending trade bills so that we may provide the American people with the best, most up-to-date, and effective enforcement regime possible.

I also remain deeply disappointed in the Obama administration's selective implementation of our trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea, time and again choosing labor over innovation.

That is why I introduced legislation to create a Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

We are sorry we lost our steel mill out there. We would love to have both of you out there again.