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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, speaks in Salt Lake City in this Feb. 19, 2105, file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

"Today we offer a bold bicameral plan that fully repeals and replaces the health care law with reforms that empower patients, not Washington," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, is hoping the Supreme Court will rule against the Obama administration in the case over exchanges and subsidies, but the administration is using Mr. Hatch's own words to defend the law, citing an op-ed he wrote about the Affordable Care Act five years ago. (Associated Press)

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican (right), sitting next to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, helped pass a new restitution bill for victims of child pornography. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), center, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, left, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, right, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), center, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, left, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, right, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), left, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, right, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, center, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), left, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, right, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, center, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), center, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, left, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, right, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), left, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, right, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, center, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), left, meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, right, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, center, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) meets with Washington Times Chairman Tomas P. McDevitt, right, and Unification Church Reverend Michael Jenkins, left, in his Capitol Hill office, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 31, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this April 25, 2014, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, addresses a crowd during the Western Republican Leadership Conference, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch is apologizing for making political comments during a Memorial Day ceremony earlier this week. Hatch told KUTV-TV on Wednesday that he didn't mean to offend anyone with the remarks at the Monday event in Woods Cross, which included discussion about the health care law and religious freedom. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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FILE - In this April 25, 2014, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, waves before addressing a crowd during the Western Republican Leadership Conference, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch is apologizing for making political comments during a Memorial Day ceremony earlier this week. Hatch told KUTV-TV on Wednesday, May 28, that he didn't mean to offend anyone with the remarks at the Monday event in Woods Cross, which included discussion about the health care law and religious freedom. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)