Orrin Hatch, who represented Utah in the U.S. Senate for 42 years, has died at age 88, his office announced Saturday.
“For the last 42 years, Senator Hatch has proudly represented the people of Utah, sponsoring more bills that have become law than any living legislator,” Trump said. “From rewriting our tax code to helping just hardworking Americans get through life to reshaping our courts to uphold the vision of our founders to protecting the religious freedom of all Americans, his achievements are too numerous to count. Senator Hatch is a true American statesman.
Hatch ran as a right-wing candidate, securing the support of Cleon Skousen, a former FBI agent and ex-Salt Lake City police chief, who was a major figure in the John Birch Society. His courtroom experience made Hatch a polished public speaker and he reached Republican delegates by mailing them a cassette tape of his stump speech, which at the time was a revolutionary campaign tactic.
In his early years in the Senate, Hatch was seen as a right-wing brawler, fighting for a balanced-budget amendment and laws undermining labor unions. He didn’t earn his deal-making reputation until he struck up a friendship with the late Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy. Known as the “Odd Couple” in Washington, they teamed to pass the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the first research bill on AIDS and the Americans with Disability Act.
He also was widely viewed as the architect for the law that loosely regulates dietary supplement companies, a major industry in Utah. The Center for Effective Lawmaking named Hatch the “most effective in the Senate” in 2017, and colleagues extolled the senator. He has said he regrets a few of those votes, not the least of which was opposing the creation of Martin Luther King Day in 1983. That vote, Hatch said, was,” and he chalked it up to his focus on King’s economic ideas rather than the importance of celebrating King’s role in civil rights.
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