Honorable Orrin Hatch
United States Senator, Utah, Republican
Senator Hatch was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976. He was a practicing attorney from 1962 to 1976. He sits on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member, and on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The following is from the August 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on S. 1881, to prohibit any Federal funds from being made available to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or to any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, or clinics. Congress provides billions of dollars in taxpayer money for many different programs in various areas, including women’s health. Sometimes,…