{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=7CC671A1-E0E7-4BFA-B9F8-3F3A1DB2B0D2", "Hatch Adds Muscle to DC Office", "2017-11-13", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.\u2014Today Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the senior Republican in the United States Senate, announced a number of key hires to his Washington office.\r\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to announce several exciting additions to my team in Washington,\u201d\u00a0Hatch said. \u201cThese new staff members will be critical in helping me achieve my ultimate objective: To deliver real results for the people of Utah. My office has long been recognized as one of the best on Capitol Hill\u2014both in terms of legislation and constituent services. As the Senate works to break through partisan gridlock to tackle our nation\u2019s greatest problems, I\u2019m grateful to have a team with such profound depth and expertise.\u201d\u00a0\r\n \r\nPeter Carey joins Senator Hatch\u2019s Judiciary Staff as a Counsel on criminal justice issues.\u00a0Peter has worked previously at the Department of Justice, NYPD, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Cadwalader, Wishersham & Taft LLP, where he most recently focused on criminal defense issues. Peter holds a law degree from Georgetown.\r\n \r\n \r\nJacob Olidort joins as a National Security Advisor and Counsel on foreign policy issues.\u00a0Jacob is a veteran of the United States Department of Defense, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Modern War Institute at West Point, the CIA, and was most recently an Adjunct Professor at George Washington. Jacob holds degrees from Princeton, Harvard, and Brandeis University.\r\n \r\n \r\nMatt Hoffman joins Senator Hatch\u2019s Finance Committee team as Policy Director.Matt most recently served as a longtime aide to Speaker Paul Ryan in the Speaker\u2019s Office, the Budget Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee.\r\n \r\n \r\nMatt Jensen, a longtime aide to Senator Hatch, will be promoted from Deputy Legislative Director to Legislative Director.\u00a0\u00a0Matt has been with Hatch since 2011 and was key to helping him pass more legislative proposals in the last Congress than any other Senator.\r\n \r\n \r\nAlly Riding joins Senator Hatch\u2019s communications team as Press Secretary.\u00a0Ally most recently worked as a marketing strategist at Fresh Lime in Utah and has previously worked at Mormon.org as a social media representative.\u00a0\r\n \r\nSenator Hatch has had a number of staffers appointed to critical roles in President Trump\u2019s administration and will be saying farewell to his Legislative Director John Tanner, who will be taking over the Legislative Affairs team at the Department of the Interior.\u00a0\r\nHatch\u2019s Judiciary Counsel Ryan Leavitt will be joining the office of newly elected Congressman John Curtis as Deputy Chief of Staff.", 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=7CC671A1-E0E7-4BFA-B9F8-3F3A1DB2B0D2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7374989800155163, "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"}