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 is a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Special Committee on Aging, and the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the September 10, 2003, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2660, the 2004 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, to eliminate funding from the bill to implement the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule.I rise today to encourage my Senate colleagues to…
