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 Judiciary Committee and also serves on the Finance Committee, the Indian Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Select Committee on Aging, and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from a statement delivered on the Senate floor on March 10, 2005. The crisis created by the unprecedented use of filibusters to defeat judicial nominations must be solved while preserving two important Senate traditions. On the one hand, extended debate is an important part of…
