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
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I am concerned that the AOL-Time Warner merger, if approved with this intertwined interest with AT&T, might have anticompetitive effects to the detriment of consumers,
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address specific concerns that members of the Senate might have prior to the confirmation vote.
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It's not a bad thing to have somebody who might shake it up a little bit, ... I think it's important for the court to have someone like her on it, someone who has dealt with real-people problems.
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He's going to have to abide by the canons of judicial ethics, which basically state you never discuss things which might come up before your court in the future, ... no matter how much they badger him or say they aren't going to vote for him.
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I'm not a real fan of commissions but I do think if you get the right people on it you might come up with some way to solve this really serious problem.
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Sometimes you may need something like that so everybody in this country realizes there's a penalty, that there's a punishment that comes from being vicious and vindictive against people who you might not agree with, ... Fox News Sunday.
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I know you, and I am familiar with your 30-year record in enforcing and upholding the law,
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then I have to tell you I think that this presidency will be over.
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Of the 67 attorneys general we have had, only a handful have come close to the qualifications that John Ashcroft possesses, ... He has always been committed to equal justice and opportunity for all.
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And it's not fair to even raise executive sessions after we've had two private meetings.
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I'm not going to second-guess my colleagues, but one of us has to stay neutral on this and hopefully give the administration enough ammunition to resolve this process,
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He said he would have to veto the bill. He feels like he would have to honor that commitment.
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He should do it independently because that's the only way we're going to have ... a way around these conflicts of interest that clearly exist,
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John is starting to sound like the accordion player who only knows one tune: 'Lady of Spain,'