Orrin Hatch

How do we solve the problem? Take away the transfer payments? How do we do it?

I think you put your finger on a couple of interesting issues, all of them pointed to the bottom line.

Small businesses are investing for the long run, and they need a set of policies that are long-run policies.

Changes in people's incentives caused by Federal tax and spending policies set in current law are expected to keep hours worked and potential output during the next 10 years lower than they would be otherwise.

Well, how do we solve that problem? That is what I am getting to.

I believe that the Obama administration's focus has been misplaced and that its policies have actually been hurting the middle class.

A host of surveys reveals that many Americans see themselves as residing in the so-called 'middle class.'

I do not either. That is one of the points I am making.

In some instances, on some issues, there simply is not an appropriate role for government.

I think you were around when that was created during the Reagan administration.

The policies enacted in our tax and our transfer system are creating a huge disincentive for people to work.

We seek lower taxes, individual responsibility, and less intrusive government, and we take a backseat to no one in terms of caring for the less fortunate in our communities.

Yet I do not believe that the motivation for today's hearing is politics or class warfare.

Why on earth would the administration, if it is interested in helping the middle class, move 20 percent of health care costs from progressive taxation to lump-sum taxation?

Why can we not get people to work?

What little deficit reduction we have seen has been, by a factor of 9-to-1, due more to increased taxes than reductions in spending.

There are two ways to analyze the condition of middle-income Americans.

I urge the committee to resist calls to bring America closer to a single-payer system.

I wish to pay tribute to Antonia Ferrier on my staff. After 4 years of trying to keep this tough old bird in line, she'll be leaving my office in the coming days. She will most certainly be missed. Antonia first came to Capitol Hill to…

I am grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute to a truly extraordinary public servant, father, grandfather, and neighbor--Mr. John S. Williams. Sadly, John passed away this week leaving behind a legacy of dedication and service. John…

I rise to offer some remarks on President Obama's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal, some of which was released yesterday. As we all know, the release of the President's budget is an annual event here in Washington. It sets in motion a…

The IRS Commissioner of today, John Koskinen, has a clear role in rejecting or approving the current proposed IRS regulations.

The parts of the budget that have been made public so far do not seem to have much, if anything, to say about promoting growth through trade.

I urged the administration to use all tools at its disposal to demonstrate to Russia the importance of complying with its international obligations.

This is part of a larger pattern, it seems to me, of Russian economic coercion, certainly against its neighbors, for nothing but political reasons.