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 chairs the Finance Committee and sits on the following committees: Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Special Committee on Aging; and Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from the February 3, 2015, Senate floor debate on H.R. 240, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. I rise today to discuss a matter of utmost importance: the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 240. We live in a world…
