Editing Orrin Hatch (section)

=== Lobbying ties ===
Hatch's son Scott Hatch was formerly a partner and registered lobbyist at Walker, Martin & Hatch LLC, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. The firm was formed in 2001 with Jack Martin, a staff aide to Hatch for six years, and H. Laird Walker, described as a close associate of the senator.<ref name="WT=2March2009">{{cite news|title=Sen. Hatch's secret drug firm links; Drugmaker money to Utah senator's charity escaped disclosure|author=Jim McElhatton and Jerry Seper|date=March 2, 2009|work=The Washington Times|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/02/the-fog-of-congressional-transparency/|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235313/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/02/the-fog-of-congressional-transparency/|archive-date=2017-12-27|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2003, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that the firm was formed with Hatch's personal encouragement and that he saw no conflict of interest in working on issues that involved his son's clients.<ref name="LAT-5Mar03">{{cite news|title=Senator, His Son Get Boosts From Makers of Ephedra|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Chuck Neubauer, Judy Pasternak and Richard T. Cooper|date=March 5, 2003|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-05-na-ephedra5-story.html|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111162001/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/05/nation/na-ephedra5|archive-date=2012-01-11|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, ''[[The Washington Times]]'' reported that Hatch said "My son, Scott, does not lobby me or anyone in my office".<ref name="WT=2March2009" />

In March 2009, ''The Washington Times'' reported that the pharmaceutical industry, which has benefited from Hatch's legislative efforts, had previously unreported connections to Hatch. In 2007, five pharmaceutical companies and the industry's main trade association, [[Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America]] (PhRMA), donated $172,500 to the [[Utah Families Foundation]]—a charitable foundation which Hatch helped start in the 1990s and continued to support. Walker, Martin & Hatch LLC was paid $120,000 by PhRMA in 2007 to lobby Congress on pending [[U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] legislation.<ref name="WT=2March2009" /> Hatch and his son also had close ties to the dietary supplement industry, which Hatch deregulated in 1994.<ref name=":1" />