Politicians, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the late U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch at a memorial service in Salt Lake City.
President Dallin H. Oaks, left, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before the start of former Sen. Orrin Hatch's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the late Sen.
McConnell and others honored Hatch's legislative achievements, which included participating in the confirmation hearings of dozens of federal judges and helping then-President Donald Trump enact a $1.5 trillion tax cut. They also recognized his hardscrabble origins growing up in Depression-era Pennsylvania, his frugality and his sense of humor.
First elected in 1976, Hatch ended his seven-term tenure in the U.S. Senate in 2019 as the chamber's longest serving Republican senator in history. He spent 32 of his 42 years in office as the top ranking Republican on key committees and helped reshape the federal judiciary — including the U.S. Supreme Court — and pass compromise legislation including the Americans with Disabilities Act and Children's Health Insurance Program.
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