Press Releases
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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nomination of Jacob Lew to serve as Treasury Secretary:
Feb 13 2013
Hatch Pushes for Balanced Budget Amendment
Utah Senator Joins in Introducing a Constitutional Amendment that Requires President to Submit Balanced Budget to Congress
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined with all 44 of his Republican colleagues to again push for a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution. Today’s introduction of the BBA comes a day after President Obama again called for higher taxes and increased spending to grow the size and scope of government. Hatch has long supported a BBA during his service in the Senate, and was the lead Senate sponsor of a BBA last Congress that was supported by all 47 Senate Republicans.
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama gave his 2013 State of the Union
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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the Committee’s consideration of Jacob Lew’s nomination to serve as Treasury Secretary next Wednesday, February 13th:
Feb 07 2013
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to End $30 Billion Tax on Medical Device Manufacturers
New Tax Hurts Innovation, Job Creation & Delivery of Quality Patient Care
A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chair of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee in Innovation, Competitiveness, and Export Promotion, today announced legislation to repeal the medical device tax that was included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Dan Coats (R-Ind.) joined Hatch and Klobuchar in introducing the Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act in the Senate.
