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 serves on the following committees: Finance; Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Select Committee on Intelligence; the Special Committee on Aging; and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from December 4, 2010, Senate floor debate on two amendments relating to the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. My friend, the senior senator from New York [Senator Charles Schumer (D)], has come forward with an amendment. The essence of the amendment is a marginal tax rate hike…