Orrin Hatch ‘disgusted’ by press reports saying Corker pushed for tax bill change

Published December 18, 2017 4:57pm ET



Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch on Monday rejected the idea that Sen. Bob Corker pushed to include language in the tax bill at the last minute that would boost his own fortune, and that he switched his vote to a “yes” after the language was secured.

“I am disgusted by press reports that have distorted one particular aspect of the conference agreement on H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” Hatch, R-Utah, wrote in a public letter to Corker, R-Tenn.

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