Orrin Hatch

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I understand Senator Schumer wants to speak in a little while, so I will try to hurry my remarks as quickly as I can. I rise today to speak once again on the proposed IRS regulations targeting grassroots 501(c)(4) organizations. I have…

I compliment my colleagues who have been talking about Medicare Advantage today. It is amazing to me that this administration will take money from Medicare Advantage--a program people love and that works well, where they can have their own…

I am skeptical, however, about the recommendation that the scope of surveillance authority should be made public.

I am pleased that my colleague and very dear friend Max Baucus was confirmed by this body the way he was. He will make a fine ambassador to China. We all know what an honorable, decent man he is. We all know of his abilities. We all know…

Okay. It is my understanding that chip-and-PIN technology does not make online purchases more secure.

I do not know a more honest, decent man than Max, and I do not know of anybody in the Democratic Party who does a better job of trying to stand up for his country.

I believe this is the last hearing that our distinguished chairman is going to conduct in this committee.

If confirmed, Dr. Frank will run the policy-setting arm of HHS.

The situation seems to be getting worse.

I have repeatedly asked Treasury for answers relating to those data, only to have my requests ignored.

I think she should appear to everybody as well-qualified.

Well, I think they exceeded its statutory mission.

I would like to express my concern about the Department's refusal to fully enforce the Controlled Substances Act.

But they have not misused or abused that.

The illegal and selective leaks last summer were hardly the best way to start this debate.

To be clear, is it your position that the collection of metadata under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is legal?

Half of our engineering students are foreign students. So we are really not producing that many engineers, and that is a big problem.

Health care, particularly in terms of rehabilitation, is a growing field.

Thank you, Senator Portman.

This is going to create jobs. This is going to help them. This is not going to hurt them.

This is a growing problem around the world, and it is estimated to cost U.S. businesses literally billions of dollars every year.

Lane, I was thinking precisely the same thing about you.

Let me just ask one more question of you, Mr. Cohen. I have enjoyed your testimony, I enjoy you personally, and we do not agree on some things, but that is okay.

I do very much hope that the President will aggressively engage on this, because, as the chairman has pointed out, this is our lift.