Orrin Hatch

I thank my dear friend and colleague from Maryland. He is a wonderful person and a very good Senator. I enjoy him on the Senate Finance Committee. He is one of the brighter people on that committee, among a whole bunch of very bright…

Our seniors deserve better than to have government inaction threaten the availability of their care.

The SGR system--as we all know--is fundamentally flawed and must be repealed.

We are also working on this issue of doing a better job of educating our children in science, engineering, technology, and math.

Modernizing our high-skilled immigration system will help American companies like Caterpillar to continue to innovate by having access to high-skilled workers when we need them.

Reaching bipartisan compromise on any issue is difficult, but their work signifies the importance of finding consensus on common sense immigration reform.

The Gang of Eight bill, S. 744, includes important elements of high-skilled immigration reform.

I believe so much in this bill, with the H-1B, obviously those things, but also the green card piece of it.

There is an undeniable link between education and immigration, and while we work to build up our pipeline of STEM talent in the U.S. for our long-term needs, we must also meet the needs of today through high-skilled immigration.

The bill also includes a novel market-based escalator that allows the supply of H-1B visas to increase or decrease to adequately meet the market's demand.

Our current system for high-skilled immigration is broken.

I am a cosponsor of this important bill along with many other members of this committee.

Of course, today's hearing occurs in the shadow of a much larger debate about reform of our immigration system and the comprehensive proposal put forward by eight of our colleagues, including Senator Rubio.

Just as a matter of negotiating, U.S. negotiators should always start, at a minimum, with U.S. law.

I am concerned that the administration is more preoccupied with placating various left-wing interest groups than it is in protecting innovators and content creators who generate a significant and increasing portion of U.S. jobs.

As Senator Hatch mentioned.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I appreciate our witnesses being here today.

I am afraid that, if the United States does not vigorously advocate for an alternative system, many competitive export opportunities will be lost.

How important is it that we establish the highest standards of protection for intellectual property rights in TPP in light of the challenges that U.

Before I begin, I want to take a moment to say my thoughts and prayers go out to the good people in Boston and other areas where they have had tremendously horrific events and attacks. I hope and pray that all those whose lives were…

I am very impressed with this panel.

Federal Medicaid spending as a percentage of the economy, according to the budget, will increase by 25 percent over the next decade.

I have put these ideas forward in hopes of starting a bipartisan conversation on entitlement reform.

It is unacceptable that a program that is the biggest line item in most State budgets and is crowding out essential spending in both education and public safety is barely addressed.

Entitlement reform is one of the fundamental challenges of our time.