Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatchis an American politician who is the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, serving since January 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 March 1934
options protect
It is important that I keep working on all options to protect our state,
america family senate senator
I will say to the senator from Massachusetts, that America mourns with you, and the U.S. Senate mourns with you, your family and the Bessette family as well,
happy
I was just happy to get to the 51 votes,
former sit stop talk
I think he'd stop everything else if he could just sit down with the former president, ... If he could just sit down and talk to him.
coming
I think they're coming to the realization that there's no way they're going to make any headway,
battle chief despicable justice republican since treated vote
I think this vote is part of a long practice, ever since the confirmation battle over Justice Rehnquist to become chief justice, where Republican nominees have been treated in a despicable fashion.
chance rid
Our only chance of getting rid of this is with the administration. It isn't with the Senate. It isn't with Harry,
easier maybe people perhaps
People haven't done things that, perhaps in retrospect, you can say that maybe they should've done, ... Its always easier to criticize.
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Sue the industry and have them cave in or face imminent financial ruin by having to defend an avalanche of legally dubious lawsuits and bad publicity. That's their game plan,
guts hiding senator spill wants whatever
Some have said that nominees who do not spill their guts about whatever a senator wants to know are hiding something from the American people.
against join movement senator
Some have said I should join with Senator Reid in a West-wide movement against Yucca Mountain,
decision election elections held ourselves questions threshold time
We now find ourselves on the threshold of a new election with many old questions still unanswered. ... It is now time to make a decision and be held accountable for it,
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The amendment to the energy bill I filed would have put a stop to the Skull Valley site, it would begin a study of alternatives such as reprocessing, storing the waste on site, and storing the waste at existing Department of Energy sites,
focus protecting
I would implore my colleagues, let's keep our focus where it matters: on protecting our citizens,