Tributes Pour in for Late Longest-Serving GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch: A ‘Kind and Generous’ Man
Lawmakers and others are paying tribute to Orrin Hatch, a longtime former Republican Utah senator, after he died at the age of 88. The Hatch Foundation announced Hatch passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in Salt Lake…
Lawmakers and others are paying tribute to Orrin Hatch, a longtime former Republican Utah senator, after he died at the age of 88.
The Hatch Foundation announced Hatch passed away at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family.
“Senator Orrin G. Hatch personified the American Dream,” Matt Sandgren, executive director of the Hatch Foundation, said.
Sandgren explained Hatch “was a profoundly positive influence in the lives of those he served, whether they were the constituents he helped over four decades of casework, the hundreds of interns he sponsored in both Utah and DC, or the robust network of Hatch staffers who carry on his legacy to this day.”
A. Scott Anderson, chairman of the Hatch Foundation, called Hatch a “man of wisdom, kindness, character, and compassion.”
The foundation noted Hatch was the longest-serving Senator in the history of Utah. Additionally, he was the longest-serving Republican senator in the history of the United States, as CNN noted.
President Joe Biden paid tribute to Hatch on Twitter.
“During his historic tenure in the Senate, Orrin Hatch