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...moment, though, the movie industry's main thrust is the Induce Act (which is unlikely to get a full hearing before Congress this session, although Senate Judiciary chairman Orrin Hatch will probably bring it back next year). A public relations campaign to try to sway people from downloading movies illegally is also under way. Theatrical trailers show stuntmen, set builders and special-effects experts claiming they are the ones hurt by illegal downloads. And the industry has raised concerns over security dangers and privacy issues endemic to file sharing...
...including Iowa, Michigan and Kansas, to restrict therapeutic-cloning research. More dramatically, the U.S. House passed legislation last year that would make cloning human cells a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The bill stalled in the Senate, in part because of opposition from Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, who is antiabortion yet favors stem-cell research...
...about 2008. The big news from Russert-world that day was Ralph Nader’s decision to run as an independent. Nader’s announcement got the headlines but the more important news came from the other guest, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California. Asked about an Orrin Hatch-backed constitutional amendment that would allow foreign-born, U.S. citizens who’ve lived here for more than 20 years to run for president, Schwarzenegger responded with enthusiastic support...
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...