Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is the senior United States Senator for Utah and is a member of the Republican Party. Hatch served as the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (depending on whether the Republicans controlled the Senate) from 1993 to 2005. He previously served as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee from 1981 to 1987. He currently serves as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. Hatch also serves on the Board of Directors for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
If re-elected, Hatch will be the most senior Republican Senator, and would be elected President pro tempore of the United States Senate if the Republicans take control of the Senate.
Orrin Grant Hatch was born to Jesse Hatch (1904, Vernal, Utah - 1992, Salt Lake City, Utah) and his wife Helen Frances Hatch (née Kamm; 1906, Pekin, Illinois - 1995, Murray, Utah). Both of English descent. His great-grandfather Jeremiah Hatch (1823, Lincoln, Vermont - 1903, Vernal, Utah) was the founder of Vernal, Utah.
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Succeeding Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court.
Thomas grew up in Savannah, Georgia and was educated at the College of the Holy Cross and at Yale Law School. In 1974, he was appointed an Assistant Attorney General in Missouri and subsequently practiced law there in the private sector. In 1979, he became a legislative assistant to Missouri United States Senator John Danforth and in 1981 was appointed Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); he served in that position until 1990, when President George H. W. Bush nominated him for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
On July 1, 1991, after 16 months of service as a judge, Thomas was nominated by Bush to fill Marshall's seat on the United States Supreme Court. Thomas's confirmation hearings were bitter and intensely fought, centering on an accusation that he had made unwelcome sexual comments to attorney Anita Hill, a subordinate at the Department of Education and subsequently at the EEOC. The U.S. Senate ultimately confirmed Thomas by a vote of 52–48.
Bill Bonds is an American television anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Born in 1933, Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s.
A native of Detroit and a graduate of the University of Detroit, Bonds came to fame initially as a reporter for the city's Contact News on WKNR-AM, known as Keener 13. The station also featured such up-and-coming talent as Erik Smith and Frank Beckmann. He was also a reporter for several Michigan radio stations including WCAR, WPON and WQTE.
Bonds joined WXYZ in 1963 as a part-time booth announcer. He worked his way up to the anchor desk with Barney Morris. He and WXYZ first came to prominence for the station's coverage of the 1967 Detroit riots.
As a result, Bonds was tapped by ABC to become anchorman at KABC-TV in Los Angeles in 1968 to help launch its version of Eyewitness News. He returned to WXYZ-TV in 1971 just as the station was beginning a major upgrade of its news department under the Action News banner. Two years later, it became the highest-rated news broadcast in Detroit, a position it held up until 2011.
Carol Chien-Hua Lam (林剑华; pinyin: Lín Jiànhuá) (born June 26, 1959) is a former United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. Lam was sworn into office on an interim basis on September 4, 2002. On November 12, 2002, Lam was further sworn in as a Senate confirmed Presidential appointee. She oversaw the Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham military contracting corruption case. Lam was one of eight attorneys fired in the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.
Lam began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Irving R. Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1985 to 1986.
From 1986 to 1997, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California and was Chief of the Major Frauds Section from 1997 to 2000. Lam convicted several high-ranking members of the Chicago organized crime family La Cosa Nostra; obtained a guilty plea and a civil settlement of $110 million from National Health Laboratories, Inc. in a Medicare fraud case; and briefed and argued the first appellate case upholding the constitutionality of "roving" wiretaps.
Address by Senator Orrin Hatch
Sen Bernie Sanders Gives Orrin Hatch a Nice Big Helping of STFU Over Health Care Reform
Edward Kennedy Memorial Service - Sen. Orrin Hatch (Part 1)
Edward Kennedy Memorial Service - Sen. Orrin Hatch (Part 3)
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Bill Bonds confronts Utah Senator Orrin Hatch in this interview from 1991
Headed Home
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Eight Days of Hanukkah.mp4 by Senator Orrin Hatch
OCTOBER 10, 1997, INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR ORRIN HATCH
Eight Days of Hanukkah Starring Orrin Hatch
Trade in 2015: Senator Orrin Hatch on how America can succeed in today’s global economy
Orrin Hatch makes shit up about Carol Lam
Address by Senator Orrin Hatch
Sen Bernie Sanders Gives Orrin Hatch a Nice Big Helping of STFU Over Health Care Reform
Edward Kennedy Memorial Service - Sen. Orrin Hatch (Part 1)
Edward Kennedy Memorial Service - Sen. Orrin Hatch (Part 3)
Clarence Thomas Hearings: Orrin Pontificates 2
Senator Orrin Hatch on Medicare and Mormonism - Elections 2012
Bill Bonds confronts Utah Senator Orrin Hatch in this interview from 1991
Headed Home
Obama's No Kennedy, Says Orrin Hatch
Eight Days of Hanukkah.mp4 by Senator Orrin Hatch
OCTOBER 10, 1997, INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR ORRIN HATCH
Eight Days of Hanukkah Starring Orrin Hatch
Trade in 2015: Senator Orrin Hatch on how America can succeed in today’s global economy
Orrin Hatch makes shit up about Carol Lam
GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch: Progressives ‘Just Straight Old Dumbass Liberals’
Sen. Orrin Hatch on Hanukkah Song
Orrin Hatch On Kennedy
Romney, Hatch, Bennett All Supported Health Insurance "Mandate"
Dan Liljenquist vs. Orrin Hatch
Sen. Orrin Hatch speaks on need for Keystone XL Pipeline
Orrin Hatch & the Moonies
Orrin Hatch: Reviving US Competitiveness Conference
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Delivers Weekly Republican Address On Health Care Reform 8-15-09
Mark Levin Endorses Orrin Hatch For Senate (Full Interview)
Mark Zuckerberg Interviewed by Orrin Hatch @ BYU Technology Forum on 3/25/11
Orrin Hatch on Obamacare alternative
Orrin Hatch interviews Mark Zuckerberg @ BYU Technology Forum - 3/25/2011
Orrin Hatch Interviews Mark Zuckerberg @ BYU Technology Forum - 3/25/2011
Senator Orrin Hatch Interviews Mark Zuckerberg @ BYU Technology Forum - 3/25/2011
FRCBlog: Interview with Senator Orrin Hatch
Mark Zuckerberg is Interviewed by Orrin Hatch @ BYU on 3/25/2011
Senator Orrin Hatch, Pt. 1: The Andy Waits Interview
Senator Orrin Hatch, Pt. 2: The Andy Waits Interview
Mark Zuckerberg Interviewed by Orrin Hatch at BYU Technology Forum on 3/25/11
George Washington Interviews Orrin Hatch
George Washington Interviews Orrin Hatch
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) interviewed on News Talk 96.9
Orrin Hatch on NSA: Don't Worry About Being Spied Upon
Sen. Orrin Hatch Speaks With ALG About A New Idea To Cut Spending
Sen. Orrin Hatch Calls Obama's Deficit Speech the 'Usual Diatribe'
Orrin Hatch Defends Alberto Gonzales
Senator Orrin Hatch on Activist Judges... Deja vu! (HQ)
Wolf Blitzer interviews Orin Hatch