R.I.P.
Utah sure traded down when he left.
Orin was a good man.
Level tone.
Principled (as you can be in the D.C. cesspool.
Longest "serving" G.O.P. U.S. Senator.
Who did he serve? Certainly not the majority of Utah residents.
He certainly did not represent the ill or the poor.
Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters 'stupidest ... - CNN
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Orrin Hatch calls
Obamacare supporters 'stupidest, dumbass people' ... House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February
2017.
Orrin Hatch thinks the public needs to reevaluate what they expect from the federal government.
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May 9, 2017,
He is most accurately described as a vigorous advocate of the interests of large corporations.
That description would appropriately serve as his epitaph.
The Utah Senator made a mark in economic policy and the judiciary.
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The Legacy of Orrin Hatch
The Utah Senator made a mark in economic policy and the judiciary.
By The Editorial Board
April 24, 2022
"Hatch’s worst moment was a 1990 Senate floor speech defending a Justice Department settlement with the Bank of Credit and Commerce International on money-laundering charges. The speech was largely written by Robert Altman, a BCCI lawyer, and the bank got off easy. Hatch later said he regretted the speech..."
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"In 1988, the bank was implicated for being the center of a major money laundering scheme. After a six-month trial, BCCI, under immense pressure from U.S. authorities, pleaded guilty in 1990, but only on the grounds of
respondeat superior. While federal regulators took no action, Florida regulators forced BCCI to pull out of the state.
In 1990, U.S. Senator
Orrin Hatch presented an impassioned defense of the bank in a speech on the Senate floor. He and his aide, Michael Pillsbury, were involved in efforts to counter the negative publicity that surrounded the bank,
and Hatch solicited the bank to approve a $10 million loan to a close friend, Monzer Hourani.
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BCCI SCANDAL: BEHIND THE 'BANK OF CROOKS AND ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com › politics › 1991/07/28
Jul 28, 1991 —
BCCI made phony loans, concealed deposits, hid huge losses, and was the
bank for a host of shady customers ranging from terrorists and spies to ...
Hatch Gives Details About B.C.C.I. Ties - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com › 1991/11/28 › business › hatch...
Nov 28, 1991 — Senator
Orrin G.
Hatch today confirmed a report that his defense of ... by
Robert Altman, a friend who was serving as a lawyer for
B.C.C.I..
Lawmaker's Defense of BCCI Went Beyond Speech in Senate
https://www.nytimes.com › 1992/08/26 › business › lawm...
Aug 26, 1992 — Senator
Orrin G.
Hatch, the powerful Republican from Utah who is a member of the Judiciary Committee,
worked behind the scenes on behalf of ...
en.wikipedia.org
"Back in 2010, Republican Senator
Orrin G. Hatch publicly said that he had urged Obama to nominate Garland as "a consensus nominee" who would easily win Senate confirmation. On March 11, 2016, Hatch said that refusal to now consider any Obama nominee to the high court was "the chickens coming home to roost", and he cited historical episodes as well as old quotations from Democratic senators to explain why. .."