Orrin Hatch

I'm just grateful for all these witnesses and appreciate their testimony here today.

The disaster would be, if the statement did not accurately reflect all of what ACOG thought.

The law requires the same access for the military as other employers.

What ACOG thought was that, on the one hand, they couldn't think of a circumstance in which this procedure was the absolutely only procedure that could be used in a given case.

This, of course, would be disaster.

President Clinton had strong views on this issue, and what he thought was that this procedure should be banned in all cases except where the procedure was necessary to save the life or to prevent serious health consequences to the woman.

The only thing that was at issue was essentially the sponsoring organizations, whether it was the Office of Career Services, or instead the Student Veterans Organization.

Well, I'll tell you, this bothers me a lot, because I know that there were plenty of doctors in ACOG who did not believe that partial birth abortion was an essential procedure and who believed that it was really a brutal procedure.

It would be a disaster

I rise today to express my deep concern about the so-called American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. I also wish to relay my growing frustration with the partisan gamesmanship and lack of leadership by the majority of this body that…

This is a nutty thing to me. This is very, very important, and what I call the preferred conferences have tremendous advantages in all ways over the unprivileged conferences.

I believe that the BCS system is patently anticompetitive, and I believe that there are serious questions as to whether it is legal under the antitrust laws.

I appreciate your really giving that every thought.

Are you basically saying that the parties charged under Section 5 will have to go through a trial and appeal just to find out what the law is?

I am concerned about this development. There is a long line of case law surrounding both the Sherman and the Clayton Acts which has provided businesses with substantial guidance in their efforts to comply with the law.

Let me just mention three things I am concerned about.

Let me start with you, Mr. Leibowitz, Chairman Leibowitz.

Increasing the use of Section 5 particularly to address conduct that has traditionally fallen under one of the other antitrust statutes has the potential to create uncertainty, which is harmful to growth and innovation.

Oversight of Federal agencies is one of Congress' most important responsibilities, and given the state of our economy, I would say that oversight in these agencies is particularly important.

It is a fundamental American value that those who exercise creativity, innovation, hard work, and efficiency should be rewarded in the marketplace.

I think we would all agree that competition is essential to maintaining a strong and a vibrant economy.

I've fought, along with many others, for the Family Medical Leave Act, so that parents don't have to choose between being the caring mom or dad a sick child needs and being the breadwinner.

The government has a role to play in providing the resources that families need, to thrive.

The most rewarding work I've done in the Senate has been the issues affecting children and their families.

I'm proud of that work, but I'm well aware that there's more work to be done.