Orrin Hatch Quotations

Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.

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

The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment can and must be prohibited.

The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to investigate.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The position that you have been nominated for is chief justice of the United States. Do you plan to use that role as a bully pulpit to encourage members of the bar to take seriously their responsibility to undertake pro bono work as you have done throughout your legal career?

Where they make phone calls and whether the president raises money or not is one thing. The way they've done it seems to be unethical, illegal, (and) in poor taste, ... Were foreign influences trying to influence the election?

whether the Justice Department is serving the American people as it should.

We're starting out $36 million behind but we don't need as much as the front-runner,

We're getting complaints from all over the place, from people just like you, who are suffering from treatment similar to the way your company has been treated (by Microsoft),

We want everything so if hearings aren't justified, we won't hold them, ... If they are, we will.

We are going to have to do things differently,

We held some 24 hearings on this issue, and not one time have they been able to document an abuse,

The fact is, ... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft's business practices.

The only person who can really answer the questions is the president. And he has an obligation to do that, ... And I think he will, if push comes to shove.

Senators can ask any questions they want, but these justice nominees really don't have to answer them,

Senator Reid is a good friend of mine, ... but he has shown that he doesn't have Utah's best interests in mind.

She's going to have to answer a lot of questions about her judicial philosophy, and I believe that she will be able to do that,

She ought to get the burden off her back, ... Meet the Press.

Mr. Libby has served his country for a long time and deserves his day in court. The burden lies on Mr. Fitzgerald to prove his case, not on Mr. Libby to prove his innocence.

No, no. I think we have to proceed with the hearings, but we'll have to see. We'll have to see what the president decides to do here,

Politics must not undermine the principles and standards we apply to every judicial nomination.

I was surprised they did it amidst their merger because ... there are a lot of questions about the merger to begin with, ... We've raised some of them in our hearing.  And we may have to have more hearings, I don't know.

If they're not justified, I guess there won't be.

If they want to vote against him, you know darn well they're captives of these ... very liberal outside groups ... and they're demanding they vote against him even though they don't have one good reason to, ... I really don't believe that's the case but if that happens, then you can see why we're in such a partisan gridlock here in Washington, because the Democrats can't even support someone this good.

I don't know anybody at the top of the system, ... who really wants to see the president hurt in this matter.

I don't know that it can be done, but we are going to keep trying.

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,

I am convinced that these responses show no inconsistencies or evidence that Mr. Olson misled or was less than truthful to the committee in any way. Rather, they show him to be forthright and honest,

I believe this modification is warranted so as to inform the Congress and the public of any involvement by the State Department and the Cuban government in the raid,

But we must realize, as we have in the past, that simply asking a question does not mean a judicial nominee should answer it.

I have become convinced that, for conscientious and reasonable defenders of the Second Amendment, it is not enough to simply oppose the gun-control communities' legislative agenda which safeguards the right to keep and bear arms,

I give him credit for this evening, being willing, taking responsibility and to say the things that he did, but I've got to tell you ... I was really offended when he started to attack Ken Starr at the end. Look, Ken Starr is not to blame for these actions. He's to blame.

I can tell you categorically they are not going to be the filter. I know who the filters are, ... They're in the White House and the Justice Department as they were in the Clinton administration.

I can't imagine any Republican or Democrat who would not want to work with him if he's going to embrace both sides and try to make things work,

If I was President Clinton I would want to come and clear the air and answer these questions that are in the mind of the public. This is not going to go away easily, so the best way to answer this is to be straightforward and tell the truth,

For years, we didn't have indoor facilities, ... I never pass a bathroom by.

I don't think he wants to stick a finger in their eyes, ... On the other hand, I don't think he wants them dictating who he picks.

I encourage you to fulfill your oath, abide by statutory obligations, and pursue an investigation into the administration's possible campaign finance abuses, as you see fit.

God is missing from the hearts and minds of far too many people in society today. He is missing from our schools, and our homes, and our communities,

He got John moved to Fort Dix, closer to his mom and friends in New York. Orrin got John a guitar, too.

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies commencement exercises. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning

We're poles apart on what can or cannot be done,

He said he would have to veto the bill. He feels like he would have to honor that commitment.

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,

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.

He knew if those cook ovens shut down, Geneva would disintegrate in a number of days, ... He knew that would hurt our state.

Kids today are still as talented at manipulating the loopholes to the rules imposed on them by their parents, ... The entertainment industry is willing to aid and abet them.

John is starting to sound like the accordion player who only knows one tune: 'Lady of Spain,'

It is about whether one company will be able to exploit its current monopoly in order to control access to, and commerce on, the Internet,

I think the president ought to comply and help here.

I think the president has to do some compromising here, not just the House.

I think the fact that he would ignore and violate a subpoena would certainly be grounds to file articles of impeachment, ... If Kenneth Starr does have additional information, I think it could snowball into a real impeachment problem for the president. I personally hope that doesn't happen.

I think we should show this country that we have the guts to get on that bus,

I think Bill Rehnquist would be the first to say he wants them to go forward.

I think that we need to proceed with John Roberts and move right ahead,

It is important that I keep working on all options to protect our state,

I will say to the senator from Massachusetts, that America mourns with you, and the U.S. Senate mourns with you, your family and the Bessette family as well,

I was just happy to get to the 51 votes,

Just answer the darn question and get rid of it.

JFK Jr. was doing everything right. He got his law degree, worked as a prosecutor, started George... I expected sometime in the future he would definitely have gotten into politics,

Plans were offered to them (state and local governments), and they did not implement them,

Regenerative medicine is pro-life and pro-family. It enhances, it does not diminish human life. ... If encouraged to flourish, it can improve the life of millions of Americans and could lead to new scientific frontiers not now in sight. So I urge my colleagues in the Senate and the American public to support this bill that opposes human cloning but promotes regenerative medicine using nuclear transplantation.

Our only chance of getting rid of this is with the administration. It isn't with the Senate. It isn't with Harry,

People haven't done things that, perhaps in retrospect, you can say that maybe they should've done, ... Its always easier to criticize.

Sue the industry and have them cave in or face imminent financial ruin by having to defend an avalanche of legally dubious lawsuits and bad publicity. That's their game plan,

Some have said that nominees who do not spill their guts about whatever a senator wants to know are hiding something from the American people.

Some have said I should join with Senator Reid in a West-wide movement against Yucca Mountain,

'I think everybody on the intelligence committee, everybody in the administration relied on flawed intelligence.

I think most authorities agree this is something we doubt Iran, Iraq or Libya would try and do, because they know of the massive response we would have to bring down on them.

I think he'd stop everything else if he could just sit down with the former president, ... If he could just sit down and talk to him.

I think they're coming to the realization that there's no way they're going to make any headway,

I think this vote is part of a long practice, ever since the confirmation battle over Justice Rehnquist to become chief justice, where Republican nominees have been treated in a despicable fashion.

We now find ourselves on the threshold of a new election with many old questions still unanswered. ... It is now time to make a decision and be held accountable for it,

The amendment to the energy bill I filed would have put a stop to the Skull Valley site, it would begin a study of alternatives such as reprocessing, storing the waste on site, and storing the waste at existing Department of Energy sites,

I would implore my colleagues, let's keep our focus where it matters: on protecting our citizens,

Microsoft has, regrettably, seen fit to deploy a massive PR campaign grounded in spin control and misdirection as opposed to engaging the American public on the basis of the facts and the merits,

Michael Moore is free to denounce every manifestation of American foreign policy; is he not? And we are upholding his right to do so, as ridiculous and inane and asinine as his comments are.

When Ted Kennedy found that out, he said,

We have one Democrat who was willing to stand up to his own caucus. Let me tell you, that was a big-time thing.

Will we get along better after all this? ... Yes, because we're big people, and we'll gradually put this behind us. But it was disgusting.

We'll be right back where we are right now.

We're after the skinny cats, ... If you come vote for us, you'll be members of the skinny cat club.

we ensure that the boy's father's true wishes are followed, even if that requires bringing his entire family here temporarily.

We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate Judge Roberts' fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must be based on the fundamental principle that judges interpret and apply but do not make law.

We must protect the rights of the creator, but we cannot in the name of copyright unduly burden consumers and the promising technology the Internet presents to all of us,

using the appropriations process to 'go on the offensive' and seek to restrain a federal law enforcement agency that has an obligation to enforce the laws.

To make a long story short, the Lautenberg amendment would basically do away with gun shows and it would push these people out in the streets where we'd have more problems with guns,

Wasn't that pathetic? I tell you, what a jerk,

There is little or no evidence that shows that states and localities are being derelict in their duties to enforce the law,

There is little evidence that a broad federalization of hate crimes is warranted, ... Serious constitutional questions remain.

We want to make sure public information is available to everyone, ... We want to make sure there's no way of freezing legitimate competitors out of the system. We've had commitments from AOL and Time Warner that they will not do that. But this action has caused a lot of angst among some members of our committee.

When you add the so-called money trail, it's causing people a lot of angst around the country whether there was a quid pro quo here or whether President Clinton responds to money, and, you know, I hope that isn't the case, ... I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

The fact that he would ignore and violate a subpoena would certainly be grounds to file articles of impeachment, ... Face the Nation.