Honorable Orrin Hatch
United States Senator, Utah, Republican
Senator Hatch was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1976. He is the ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance. The following is excerpted from an October 12, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on H.R. 3080, the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. Today, we are finally considering our free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. It has been nine long years since the authority to negotiate these trade agreements was passed by Congress, and it has been over four years since each of these agreements was signed….
