Press Releases
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Sep 13 2012
Hatch Bill to Protect Children From Predators Passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Legislation Ensures Child Care Organizations Have Access to Nationwide Background Checks
The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed legislation authored by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that will ensure nationwide background checks are accessible to organizations that provide care, supervision, treatment, training, instruction and recreation to children.
Sep 13 2012
Hatch Praises House Passage of Vital Immigration Programs, Calls on President Obama to Quickly Sign Into Law
Utah Senator Fought to Include Several Provisions Important to the State
The legislation (S.3245), which passed the Senate in early August, includes several immigration programs Hatch fought to include – a three-year reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. Hatch is the lead sponsor of the religious worker program, which allows religious organizations to sponsor foreign nationals to travel to the United States to perform vital services in underserved communities. All of the programs are due to expire on September 30.
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after four Americans were killed during an attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya:
Sep 11 2012
Another Day, Another Study, Another Broken Promise
Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Separates ObamaCare Fact from Fiction
Today’s Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Survey shows that the President’s partisan health law is making health care more expensive for American families while it takes away health care choices:
Sep 11 2012
Hatch Delivers Remarks on Senate Resolution to Block Obama Administration's Welfare Waiver Scheme
After introducing a resolution to block the Obama Administration’s attempt to waive bipartisan welfare work requirements, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks on Senate floor today: