Former U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, longest serving Senate Republican in history, dies at 88
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch announced his retirement, clearing the way for a possible run by Mitt Romney. Veuer's Sam Berman has more.Former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history and the longest-serving senator from Utah, died Saturday. He was 88.
"At the time of his retirement, Senator Hatch held the distinction of having passed more legislation into law than any other Senator then alive," said a statement Saturday from the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation."Through his relentless work ethic, Hatch earned a reputation as one of the most effective and bipartisan lawmakers of all time."
"So sad to hear of the death of Orrin Hatch," former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said in a tweet Saturday night. "His ability to reach across the aisle defined his career and his character. He will be missed." One of his biggest legislative accomplishments came at the end of his career when he worked with the Trump administration to pass a major tax bill in December 2017.
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