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Here is video of Sen. Orrin Hatch talking about a bi-partisan amendment to the Senate Health Care Bill being put together to prevent taxpayer funds from being used to fund abortions. Hatch also made the statement that in addition to language that would allow taxpayer money to fund abortion in the Senate Health Care Bill, there is language that would make "assisted suicide" much easier. Hatch does not yet know if the amendment will have the votes necessary to pass. . . . (VIDEO)

Barack Obama likes to claim he believes in the free market, even as he lards his administration with what Hugh Hewitt has delightfully dubbed "Mickey Maoists" like Anita Dunn and Ron Bloom. But Ed Schultz has given away the game. On his MSNBC show this evening, Schultz said of ObamaCare: "this is the first step toward single-payer. I admit that." View video here.

"I wrote this song with the great Phil Springer. Take a moment to listen to the words. You don't have to agree with everyone's politics...none of us agree 100% of the time. But you have to admire a lifetime dedicated to public service and improving the lives of others -- and that is just one of the many things that made Ted great. I think this song captures a small part of Ted's legacy of service. Listen to it and see what you think." So wrote Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Ut.) about his friend the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). CLICK...

Here is video from CBS This Morning where Sen. Orrin Hatch talked about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, who died late Tuesday. Hatch often disagreed with Ted Kennedy, but counted himself a close friend of him. Hatch said Kennedy was a "great senator," and said Kennedy truly "love the day by day combat of the Senate." Hatch was also asked if Ted Kennedy's death could be the "impetus" to get Health Care reform passed, but Hatch said "not without "dramatic" changes. . . . (Watch Video)

America has lost a giant in politics and public policy. I have lost a close personal friend. People called us the “odd couple,” which was certainly true. There are few men with whom I had less in common. Ted was born to a famous patrician family of Boston. He attended private schools and Harvard University. He was politically liberal, and liberal in his lifestyle – at least until he married Vicki Reggie, who set him straight. I grew up in a poor, working class family in Pittsburgh. Where Ted was the affable Irishman, I was the teetotaling Mormon

Here is video of GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch and Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer duking it out over ObamaCare today on Meet the Press. Schumer flatly said that "We will have a Public Option." It is clearly a non-nogiatible to him and many of the Democrats. Orrin Hatch said it makes no sense to destroy the Health Care system working for 85% of Americans to cover the 15% who may not currently have coverage. Hatch maintains there are other ways to cover those who don't have Health Care by using subsidies for them, but leaving the current system in place. Hatch...

Here is video of Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch delivering the Republican Weekly Address, responding to President Obama's weekly address. Hatch talked about Health Care, and said he was "disappointed" at statements that Americans who are voicing their opposition to Obama's Health Care plan are somehow "Un-American." Hatch said the spending of more than $1 Trillion the Democrats propose spending on Government Health Care will not solve the problem and does not make sense. Hatch set forth key points that Republicans believe should be the focus on Health Care Reform legislation: Reforming the Health Insurance Market for every American to...

The Library of Congress > THOMAS Home > Congressional Record EXECUTIVE SESSION -- (Senate - August 04, 2009) [Page: S8745] GPO's PDF The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah is recognized. Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I enjoyed my colleague's remarks. I don't agree with him, but he is certainly a great colleague and we appreciate him. Mr. President, I rise today to explain why I cannot support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. I do so with regret because the prospect of a woman of Puerto Rican heritage serving on the...

Washington, DC - -(AmmoLand.com)- Imagine that. The Senate confirmed this week, by a vote of 62-35, a gun banner who stays up at night thinking of ways to impose more gun control upon American citizens. Harold Koh is that gun grabber, and he was confirmed yesterday to be the Legal Adviser at the State Department. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans attempted to kill the Koh nomination with a filibuster — until eight of them crossed the aisle to help Democrats confirm Koh. The back-stabbing Senators are: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Susan Collins (R-ME) Judd Gregg (R-NH) Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Richard Lugar (R-IN)...

U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, both R-Utah, got polite receptions Saturday at the state GOP convention, but both also recognized that some of the rank-and-file delegates weren't pleased with them. Hatch, at one point in his speech, appeared upset when some delegates applauded as a way of blaming national Republicans, himself included, for the deficit and other problems of the Bush years. "Don't you believe that B.S.," Hatch said loudly. But some of the 1,800 delegates clearly did.

May 27, 2009, 4:00 a.m. What Kind of Judge?We need to know how Sonia Sotomayor views the role of the Supreme Court. By Orrin G. Hatch President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter puts the judicial-selection ball in the Senate’s court. We can serve America well by focusing on whether she is the kind of justice America needs, in a process that is both thorough and fair. The Constitution gives the power to nominate and appoint judges to the president, not to the Senate. The appointment power is discussed in Article II,...

The Interior Department's Web site links to a page highlighting key officials. It's blank. ... Part of the holdup stems from a clash with Utah's two senators [...]. ... "We have a lot of work to do and some of it is on hold simply because we don't have the personnel confirmed as of this point," Salazar said. ... Sen. Bob Bennett, for one, isn't sure he wants that team in place. Bennett has placed a hold on the nomination of David Hayes to be deputy secretary out of concern about Salazar's decision to pull back on 77 leases for...

God save us from bipartisanship, part 99,995,857. GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch, co-sponsor of the $6 billion GIVE/SERVE boondoggle, has dedicated the Big Government Trojan Horse to Ted Kennedy: Sen. Orrin Hatch capped his decadeslong friendship with cancer-stricken Sen. Ted Kennedy on Thursday with a gesture that had Kennedy hugging him as other senators stood and applauded: Hatch renamed a bill they had just passed to expand national service programs the Edward M. Kennedy National Service Law. “It is a great honor to be able to add the name of a very good friend and senator, one of the most distinguished...

The former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will support Eric Holder's nomination for attorney general, giving him a major boost toward confirmation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), who chaired the panel for a decade beginning in 1995, told The Hill that he will support Holder. “I intend to,” said Hatch. His decision could undermine GOP efforts to stall or block the confirmation. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said Friday that Holder would be the only Cabinet nominee to face a tough confirmation fight. Hatch said that Republicans should try to strike a cooperative tone with President-elect Obama during...

Obama pick faces questions over bombers' clemencyBy PETE YOST Associated Press Writer Originally published Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM WASHINGTON — New York police detective Anthony S. Senft's life changed forever when a bomb set by Puerto Rican separatists exploded, blowing him 15 feet in the air and blinding him in one eye. Now, he's angry that Eric Holder, who played a key role in awarding clemency to the bombers, is in line to be attorney general. Holder, as President Bill Clinton's deputy attorney general, worked closely with the Justice Department's pardon attorney to raise the possibility of...

A Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer originally sentenced to 14 years in prison for smuggling cocaine is one of 16 people receiving pardons or reduced sentences from President Bush. John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., a graduate of the elite Phillips Exeter Academy prep school who later became a producer for the rap group The Fugees and released two albums on his own, was caught in 2000 at Newark International Airport with two briefcases filled with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine, according to court documents. Forte, 33, a first-time offender, was convicted of possessing the 31 pounds...

ELKO - The Nevada sky was clear and blue for the first time in weeks Saturday over the Nisbet Cabin in Lamoille, but the festivities on the ground were decidedly red as the Elko County Republican Central Committee held its annual steak fry with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, on hand to stump for presidential candidate John McCain. “I've known John McCain for over 20 years,” said Hatch, the senior senator from Utah now in his 32nd year in the Senate. “We all know his story, his service to his country, the price he paid. I've seen him stand up to...

A letter from the top two ranking members of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, Democrat Herb Kohl and Republican Orrin Hatch, seeks to chill Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick on antitrust grounds: Antitrust regulators need to be wary to guard against the creation of a powerful Internet conglomerate able to extend its market power in one market into adjacent markets, to the detriment of competition and consumers. This might not have seemed like much of a threat, even a year or two ago, but as the online world increasingly merges with the offline world, the...

I don’t trust Orrin Hatch’s morals. No, I don’t think he’s got a girlfriend. But I don’t think he’s got a brain either. Yesterday, in Washington, Orrin Hatch said that increasing the sCHIP insurance program for kids by some $35 billion over the next five years was the “morally right thing to do.” Which means he doesn’t know anything about morals. Because taxing one group of people an extra $35 billion in order to buy votes from another group of people is only moral if you’re a snake. And if Orrin Hatch thinks that being forced by the government to...

Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world - more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. Three companies have been chosen to lead the way. Test drilling has already begun Dear Reader, Five months ago, the U.S. Energy Department announced the results of a land survey It was conducted to determine the official amount of oil a thousand feet deep in the Rocky Mountains They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves...