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Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Utah who has been the President pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2015. Having been a senator since 1977, Hatch is the longest-serving Republican Senator in U.S. history. He is also one of two remaining Republican members of the Senate, along with Chuck Grassley, to have served during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.

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The debate over judicial nominations is a debate over the judiciary itself. It is a debate over how much power unelected judges should have in our system of government, how much control judges should have over a written constitution that belongs to the people.

Government, Judiciary, People, Power, Should Have

However, FDA attempted to reverse this clear congressional intent in March, 1979, by proposing to regulate vitamins and minerals as 'Over-The-Counter' drugs.

Dark, Fda, Intent, March, Regulate, Vitamins And Minerals

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.

Antitrust, Enforcement, Government, Hands, Internet

The fact is. . . our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsofts business practices.

Business, Doors, Fact, Knocked, Microsoft, Practice

You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children.

Blow, Care, Children, People

The fact that Judge [Samuel] Alito is such a baseball fan gives me even more confidence that he knows the proper role of a judge.

Alito, Baseball, Fan, Gives, Giving, Judging

We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on the specific result in a particular case or dispute.

Based, Case, Disputes, General, Judging, Law

It's typical of Mormon people to love all people, but especially Jewish people.

Love, Mormon, People, Typical

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

Ass, Dumb, Know, Questions, See, Stupid

I wear a mezuzah just to remind me, just to make sure that there is never another holocaust anywhere.

Holocaust, Mezuzah, Remind, Make, Anywhere

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

Fighting, Hero, Pressure, Region, Taken, Tyranny

We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it.

May, Remember, Judicial, Discuss, Nominees, Constrained

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying - that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 - establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.

Gun, Law, Long, Northeastern, Should Have, State

We must apply a judicial, not a political, standard to this record. Asking a judicial nominee whose side you will be on in future cases is a political standard.

Asking, Cases, Judicial, Nominee, Political, Records

By admitting they have no contingency plan to assist the millions that may lose subsidies, the administration confirms how the misguided law is unworkable for the American people, i'm committed to working with my Republican colleagues on how Congress can respond to help those hurt by Obamacare's broken promises.

Broken, Help, Hurt, Law, Obamacare, Republican

I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans.

Life, Hope, Science, Million, Think

Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.

Define, Hands, Order, Rights, Shape, Take

I'm not naive. Sometimes interpretation is more of an art than a science. There are those who would label interpretation absolutely anything a judge might do or, two, the text of a statute or the Constitution. But it seems to me there comes a point where a judge is using his own creativity and purpose and crosses the line between interpreting a text written by somebody else and in a sense creating something new.

Art, Creativity, Interpretation, Judging, Label, Purpose

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice.

Advice, Give, Giving, Judging, Role

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real. And it comes from the very nature of what judges do.

Discuss, Judging, Matter, May, Real, Senators

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