Editing Orrin Hatch (section)

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Hatch sponsored the [[Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994]], which "all but eliminated government regulation of the dietary and herbal supplements industry." The bill has resulted in the unregulated sale of supplements with misleading labeling that have no beneficial health effects at all, or may have adverse health effects. It was intended to enable the marketing of [[Quackery|quack medicine]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael |date=2018-01-05 |title=Column: Orrin Hatch is leaving the Senate, but his deadliest law will live on |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-hatch-20180105-story.html |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1999, Hatch called for a federal probe into manufacturers of [[Video game controversies|violent video games]], and proposed making the existing voluntary rating system for video games ([[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]) mandatory by federal law.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/5/4/19443559/hatch-assails-violent-games|title=Hatch assails violent games|date=May 4, 1999|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827005848/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/694981/Hatch-assails-violent-games.html|archive-date=2017-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hatch pushed legislation for the [[Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment]], which would amend Article 2, Section I, Clause 5 of the [[United States Constitution]]. This amendment would allow anyone who has been a U.S. citizen for twenty years to seek the presidency or vice-presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opinion {{!}} A foreign born president |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/opinion/a-foreignborn-president.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 26, 2004 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

A vocal supporter of [[stem cell research]], Hatch was one of 58 senators who signed a letter directed to President [[George W. Bush]], requesting the relaxing of federal restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. In 2010, Hatch's bill was reauthorized which allowed stem cells from [[umbilical cord]]s to be used to find treatment options.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3751/show|title=S.3751 – Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010|publisher=OpenCongress|access-date=January 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206172538/http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3751/show|archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref>

In June 2013, Hatch commented on a [[G8]] proposal that tax authorities in the world's largest economies openly share information among themselves in order to fight [[tax evasion]]. The proposal has strong suggestions about ways to make companies more transparent and governments more accountable for their tax policies. Hatch stated that transparency is always a good thing, but he would like to see a bill before giving any support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/gang-of-eight-tax-call-congress-93009.html |title=G-8 tax call won't be answered quickly on Hill |last1=Snell |first1=Kelsey |last2=French |first2=Lauren |date=June 19, 2013 |work=[[Politico]]|access-date=July 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021181446/http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/gang-of-eight-tax-call-congress-93009.html |archive-date=2013-10-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, Hatch was one of 22 senators to sign a letter<ref>{{cite web|last1=Inhofe|first1=James|title=Senator|url=https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/download/?id=E1E34574-5655-42AA-92E8-0D23DC8C33BA&download=1|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606005302/https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/download/?id=E1E34574-5655-42AA-92E8-0D23DC8C33BA&download=1|archive-date=2017-06-06|url-status=live}}</ref> to President Donald Trump urging the President to have the United States withdraw from the [[Paris Agreement]]. According to [[OpenSecrets]], Hatch received over $470,000 from oil, gas, and coal interests from 2012 on.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations|access-date=June 1, 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=June 1, 2017|title=The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601120951/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations|archive-date=2017-06-01|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, over the Judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]] U.S. Supreme Court controversy, Hatch said that it did not matter even if Kavanaugh did what his accusers alleged was true. Hatch said, "If that was true, I think it would be hard for senators to not consider who the judge is today. That's the issue. Is this judge a really good man? And he is. And by any measure he is.”<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/minutes/151274/orrin-hatch-offers-confusing-defense-brett-kavanaugh|title=Orrin Hatch offers confusing defense of Brett Kavanaugh.|date=2018-09-17|magazine=The New Republic|access-date=2018-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206005429/https://newrepublic.com/minutes/151274/orrin-hatch-offers-confusing-defense-brett-kavanaugh|archive-date=2018-12-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hatch voted for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1999, saying "committing crimes of moral turpitude such as perjury and obstruction of justice go to the heart of qualification for public office&nbsp;... This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes. But it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up. Any other citizen would be prosecuted for these crimes."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/orrin-hatch-dismisses-trump-hush-money-allegations/2018/12/10/2d836c6a-fccd-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html|title=Orrin Hatch dismisses Trump hush money allegations|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214214018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/orrin-hatch-dismisses-trump-hush-money-allegations/2018/12/10/2d836c6a-fccd-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html|archive-date=2018-12-14|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, in the wake of court filings that implicated President Trump in campaign finance violations and in attempting to buy the silence of women who alleged affairs with Trump, Hatch said, "I don't care, all I can say is he's doing a good job as president."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/i-dont-care-gop-sens-dismiss-allegations-against-trump.html|title='I Don't Care': GOP Senators Dismiss Allegations Against Trump|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York Intelligencer]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022127/http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/i-dont-care-gop-sens-dismiss-allegations-against-trump.html|archive-date=2018-12-15|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-finance-violations-767436/|title=Actually, Crime Is Good|last1=Bort|first1=Ryan|date=2018-12-11|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=2018-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214214032/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-campaign-finance-violations-767436/|archive-date=2018-12-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In April 2018, Hatch was one of eight Republican senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Steven Mnuchin]] and acting [[U.S. Secretary of State]] [[John J. Sullivan (diplomat)|John Sullivan]] expressing "deep concern" over a report by the [[United Nations]] exposing "North Korean sanctions evasion involving Russia and China" and asserting that the findings "demonstrate an elaborate and alarming military-venture between rogue, tyrannical states to avoid United States and international sanctions and inflict terror and death upon thousands of innocent people" while calling it "imperative that the United States provides a swift and appropriate response to the continued use of [[chemical weapons]] used by [[Bashar al-Assad|President Assad]] and his forces, and works to address the shortcomings in sanctions enforcement."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/383085-key-senators-warn-trump-of-north-korea-effort-on-syria/|title=Key senators warn Trump of North Korea effort on Syria|date=April 13, 2018|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201009/https://thehill.com/policy/defense/383085-key-senators-warn-trump-of-north-korea-effort-on-syria|archive-date=2019-01-05|url-status=live}}</ref>