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U.S. Senators Hatch and Bennett address Utah Senate, emphasize border security, health-care planning and surveillance law
Summary
U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett spoke to the Utah Senate in a joint time‑certain session, focusing on immigration and national security (Hatch) and bipartisan approaches to health care (Bennett). Both took questions from state senators on timelines, appropriations and federal policy options.
U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett addressed the Utah State Senate in a time‑certain appearance that shifted the chamber’s attention from routine business to national policy questions.
Hatch opened by praising the legislature and flagged immigration, health care and national security as the dominating issues facing Congress. He warned that changes to surveillance law are needed to keep pace with modern communications, saying lawmakers left “this last Thursday without reauthorizing the Protect America Act” and arguing telecom companies need retroactive immunity to cooperate: “Without retroactive immunity, we will not be able to get that problem solved.” He also described efforts to secure the border with technology and…
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