Orrin Hatch

I have also heard, more recently, agonizing stories from parents at home who have lost kids to the epidemic.

Deaths by drug overdose are the leading cause of injury death in the United States.

nobody has worked harder on the opioid issue than Senator McCaskill, in terms of investigating the crisis, holding people accountable.

Family First is about keeping the families together wherever you can.

Chairman Hatch and I are determined to see this Federal/State partnership through.

Doctors used to be criticized for prescribing too conservatively. Now they are criticized, and I believe fairly, for prescribing too much.

Four out of 10 working-age Americans suffering from an opioid addiction rely on Medicaid.

Let me also comment on Senator Sanders's proposal for Medicare for All.

You would think this would be obvious, but almost every other week some Tea Partier introduces legislation to test SNAP or TANF recipients.

Our Medicaid program is an important tool in providing health care to many Americans, but we must put it on a stable long-term sustainable footing for it to be there for this and future generations.

President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar have made tackling the opioid epidemic a top priority.

It's high time that we work together, as Republicans and Democrats, to help the IRS modernize itself to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

the IRS stands at a crossroads.

the IRS is the one agency in our Federal Government upon which virtually all other Federal activities depend.

handicapping the IRS is also saddling future generations with billions of dollars of debt that they are going to have to repay.

When we drain the IRS of resources and handicap its ability to collect revenue, that isn't merely a loss in revenue for the Federal Government, it also means that the Treasury must borrow more money, causing our country to go further into…

today I wish to pay tribute to a dedicated public servant, a beloved statesman, and a gentleman of the Senate: Senator Daniel Akaka. On Friday, Senator Akaka passed away peacefully with his family gathered by his bedside. He leaves behind…

Well, this is the most intense public scrutiny I have seen for a tech-related hearing since the Microsoft hearing that I chaired back in the late 1990s.

In your view, what sorts of legislative changes would help to solve the problems the Cambridge Analytica story has revealed?

Whenever a controversy like this arises, there is always a danger that Congress' response will be to step in and overregulate.

I rise today to pay tribute to a long-time friend, a revered public servant, and a true southern gentleman, Senator Thad Cochran. Thad Cochran will be retiring at the end of this month, bringing an end to more than 40 years of exemplary…

the prospect of retirement has imbued me with a sense of urgency as I have never felt it before. With just a few months left in office, I have an ambitious agenda that I am committed to getting across the finish line, and with the passage…

Your first priority should be strengthening protections for America's creators and innovators, in particular: strengthening copyright protection and enforcement provisions.

It is essential that any agreement reached be fully enforceable through state-to-state and investor-state dispute settlement.

I welcome the President's request for an extension of Trade Promotion Authority.