Committee Assignments
- Committee on Finance (Ranking Minority Member)
- As Ranking Minority Member of the full committee, Hatch may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees of which he is not already a full member.
- Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy
- Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Ranking Minority Member)
- Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
- Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Special Committee on Aging
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. (Vice Chair)
The retirement of Senator Judd Gregg in 2011 created a domino effect among high profile Republicans: Senator Jeff Sessions took his spot as Ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, so Senator Chuck Grassley took his spot on the Judiciary Committee, and Hatch took the top Republican spot on the Finance Committee.
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