{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=dca7e122-3b0c-4674-adfb-eee658335b3a", "Hatch Lauds Senate Passage of Bill to End Social Security Benefits for Nazis", "2014-12-05", "2014", "2014-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Orrin Hatch", "H000338", "www.hatch.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC - Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praised Senate passage of a bipartisan,\u00a0bicameral bill to terminate Social Security benefits for Nazi persecutors.\u00a0 Hatch introduced the Senate version of the bill, the\u00a0No Social Security for Nazis Act, in November.\u00a0 The legislation closes a loophole in the current law that allows persecutors to receive benefits.\u00a0 The bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent last night.\r\n\u201cI am proud the Senate spoke in unison and passed this bill in a bipartisan fashion,\u201d\u00a0said Hatch.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s outrageous that Nazi war criminals and anyone who participated in Nazi persecution atrocities continue to collect Social Security benefits while living abroad. With the President\u2019s signature, this will stop once and for all.\u201d\r\nAdditional Senate cosponsors include Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Coats (R-IN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Enzi (R-WY),\u00a0 Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).\r\nIn early December, Hatch and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA),\u00a0pressed\u00a0the Social Security Administration and the Justice Department for statistics in areas including the total number of Nazi suspects who received Social Security benefits after leaving the United States, how many suspected Nazis currently receive Social Security benefits and live outside the country, information on the potential outcome of certain identified cases, and details of interaction between the Social Security Administration and the Justice Department on the issue. \u00a0\r\nText of the legislation and bill summary information is available by clicking\u00a0here.", 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=dca7e122-3b0c-4674-adfb-eee658335b3a"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.604897202923894, "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"}