Word: orrin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Influential lawmakers have given unqualified support to the FDA's anti-Canadian stance, among them Orrin Hatch, a Republican Senator from Utah. Says Hatch: "Many of my constituents have written, asking why they cannot use the lower-cost medications from Canada. The answer is easy: it is just irresponsible for Congress to jeopardize public safety by allowing the unchecked reimportation of drugs ... If we truly care about our seniors and other patients who depend upon prescription drugs, we should not expose them to what amounts to pharmaceutical Russian roulette...
...Senator Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, contends that “weakening the legal status of marriage” by allowing same-sex couples to marry leads to “many serious social problems” including the “disintegration of family.” Hatch’s homophobic statements link homosexuality to ominous societal deviance without evidence or elaboration...
...energy bill preserves it. Although the credit is due to expire at the end of 2007, until then it's worth $5 billion to $10 billion. And there's always the possibility that Congress will extend it. On four different occasions friendly lawmakers have intervened to rescue itlawmakers like Orrin Hatch, the Republican Senator from Utah, where Headwaters is based. A longtime champion of the credit, Hatch told colleagues in 1998, "This is a very important tax credit for alternative fuels. It is an issue of fairness, not one of corporate welfare...
...Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, recently sponsored a constitutional amendment to open the presidency to those who have been U.S. citizens for at least 20 years and residents for at least 14 years. The House’s version of the amendment, sponsored by Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., calls for a candidate to have been a naturalized citizen for at least 35 years. Both proposals deserve praise for removing an antiquated and discriminatory requirement that was designed to protect a vulnerable new country—not the stable global power America is today...
...them. These librarians are protesting the PATRIOT Act, a consortium of legislation passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, which has enlarged the federal government’s powers in the fight against terrorism. The powers granted by the PATRIOT Act are set to expire in 2005. But if Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gets his way, protesting librarians may have much shredding ahead of them...