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 is the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Finance and also services on the following committees: Judiciary; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Special Committee on Aging; and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. Very shortly we will be voting on the amendment filed by my colleague from Missouri, Senator Blunt — the Respect…