{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=2fde99b2-d5c8-463f-b97c-cd06d00cccb9", "Hatch Comments on the Supreme Courts Decision to Rule on Health Care Subsidies under Obamacare", "2014-11-07", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Salt Lake City, Utah\u2014Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, former chairman and longest serving Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to hear\u00a0King v. Burwell, a case\u00a0that asks whether\u00a0the federal government can\u00a0lawfully\u00a0provide subsidies to buyers of health insurance\u00a0under Obamacare.\r\n\u201cObamacare\u00a0has been a disaster, in no small part because of the divisive process by which it was conceived,\u201d said Hatch. \u201cThe Supreme Court must hold the Obama administration accountable to the text of the law\u00a0as\u00a0passed by Congress. The clear language of Obamacare authorizes subsidies only through the state exchanges, not the federal exchange. \u00a0In this case, the Obama administration simply ignored the law and implemented its own policy instead.\u00a0\u00a0The administration\u2019s\u00a0decision to issue billions of dollars in subsidies in clear disregard of the\u00a0statutory text\u00a0represents a fundamental breach of our constitutional system, in which the rightful authority to make\u00a0law is vested in Congress.\"\r\n\u201cPresident Obama\u00a0continues to put politics ahead of the rule of law.\u00a0I applaud the Supreme Court for\u00a0deciding\u00a0to hear this vitally important case, and\u00a0I hope that it will\u00a0reject\u00a0the administration\u2019s lawless behavior\u00a0and\u00a0instead uphold\u00a0the\u00a0lawmaking authority of Congress.\u201d\u00a0\r\nSenator Hatch has fought tirelessly to repeal\u00a0Obamacare\u00a0since it was signed into law in 2010. Earlier this year,\u00a0along with\u00a0Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK), Senator Hatch released what the Washington Post called \u201cthe most complete Obamacare replacement plan,\u201d\u00a0the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=2fde99b2-d5c8-463f-b97c-cd06d00cccb9"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3567451387643814, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}