Podcast appearances and mentions of Orrin G Hatch

Public service is often hard, thankless work, and much of it doesn't reach top headlines or gain recognition. But it is necessary work that does deserve some recognition now and then, and an organization right here in Utah is making that happen. The Orrin G. Hatch foundation has chosen their recipient for this year's Titan of Public Service Award. Executive Director of the Orrin Hatch Foundation, Matt Sandgren joins the show.

Ron DeSantis teams up with everybody's favorite billionaire for a 404-error campaign launch … while Donald Trump hunkers down in Mar A Lago waiting for what could be his summer of indictments. In Michigan, politics and government is a little more on track - the Governor signing another major gun safety law, the state's attorney discipline board takes aim at the lawyers who led the Big Lie lawsuits, and there's still another money-based scandal brewing as part of the Republican legislative legacy. And we're sad to report that neither Jeff nor Mark is on Putin's list of 500 Americans barred from visiting Russia. Barack Obama and Stephen Colbert made the list -- but Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are still welcome. (Also on the list: former Senators John McCain, Harry M. Reid and Orrin G. Hatch -- who are all currently dead.) The calendar may tell us it's the spring of 2023, but for local election administrators across the state it's already 2024. The newly enacted voter protection rights approved by voters in 2022, the likelihood of an early presidential primary and continuing right-wing claims of 2020 election fraud, have local clerks in full implementation mode for what could well be a very challenging election cycle. Joining the conversation this week is one of the state's leading experts on running fair and accurate elections, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum. Prior to her election as Ingham County Clerk 10 years ago she served for 6 years in the state Legislature where she was ranking member of the House Elections Committee. She's a lifelong resident of rural Lansing, and the daughter of Dianne Byrum who was the first woman to lead a party caucus in the state Legislature. Barb Byrum has a bachelor's degree in agribusiness management, and a law degree from the MSU College of Law. Also in Clerk Byrum's resume: after the 2014 Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages she presided over the first gay marriage in Michigan. =========================== This week's podcast is underwritten in part by EPIC-MRAEPIC ▪ MRA is a full service survey research firm with expertise in: • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management =========================== Stories We're Following This Week Michigan politics and policy Michigan inked $25M grant without vetting ex-aide to House speaker, ex-convict - Bridge Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Extreme Risk (Red Flag) Protection Order Legislation to Keep Michigan Communities Safe - Executive Office How firearms could be confiscated under Michigan's new 'red flag' law - Detroit News AG Nessel Joins Coalition Supporting Federal Restriction Prohibiting Handgun Sales to Individuals Under 21 - Attorney General's Office Whitmer repeals letter grade rankings for public schools - Detroit Free Press Pamela Pugh enters race for Michigan's open US Senate seat Leslie Love announces run for Senate, challenges Slotkin - Lansing State Journal Commission accuses lawyers who tried to reverse 2020 election of misconduct - Detroit News AG Nessel Sues Avid Telecom Over Illegal Robocalls - Attorney General's Office Voting Rights and Candidates GOP state lawmakers try to restrict ballot initiatives, partly to thwart abortion protections - AP News Ahead of 2024 election, several states overhauled voting laws - The Washington Post Biden maintains edge over Trump in 2024 US election - Reuters/Ipsos poll The GOP Culture Wars Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge's ruling - Reuters Abortion to be included in Michigan anti-discrimination law - Bridge Michigan Nebraska passes 12-week abortion,

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we are honored to be joined by three distinguished guests. First, we sit down with Senator Ted Cruz to discuss the recent political attacks on the Supreme Court and what conservatives can do about woke corporations. Later in the show, General Sami Sadat of Afghanistan calls in for a no holds barred conversation of the United States' withdrawal from his country. Finally, friend of the show Chris Campbell returns with an update on the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling. -Ted Cruz grew up in Texas. His father, Rafael, fled Cuba after being tortured and imprisoned and came to Texas with just $100 sewn into his underwear. Rafael got a job washing dishes making 50 cents an hour and learned English. He worked hard and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a degree in mathematics. He later started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Rafael is a pastor in Dallas.Ted's mother, Eleanor, was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian working-class family. She became the first in her family to go to college, graduating from Rice University with a degree in mathematics. She broke boundaries at Shell as one of the few women working as a computer programmer at the dawn of the computer age.Ted earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his law degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, Ted clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist and then worked in private practice. In 1999, Ted joined George W. Bush's campaign for president as a domestic policy advisor. The best thing about Ted's experience on the Bush-Cheney campaign, by far, was meeting Heidi Nelson, who also worked on the policy team. Heidi and Ted married after the campaign.After working at the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission during the Bush administration, Ted moved back home to be the Solicitor General of Texas. As Solicitor General, Ted argued eight cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, and defended our freedom of speech, our right to keep and bear arms, and our religious liberty in courts across the nation. Following his service as Solicitor General, Ted returned to private practice, where he continued to litigate high stakes cases and argued his ninth case before the Supreme Court.Ted and Heidi also started their family, welcoming Caroline and Catherine.-General Sami Sadat was born 1986 in Afghanistan. After graduation from school in Kabul, he studied military information operations in NATO school in Germany, he also holds a BBA, he then studied advance command and staff college in UK defense Academy and was graduated with highest distinction and also has finished his MA in Strategic Management and Leadership from UK Charter Management institute.His work experience is mostly visible in security sector, he worked as Deputy Director for Strategic Communications and as Policy Advisor to the Minister of Interior in Afghanistan. Mr. Sadat is a founding member of Afghanistan Analysis and Awareness (A3) a Kabul based Think-tank. A3 is a strong lobby group focusing on Afghan-US and other Afghanistan friend countries to foster better strategic relations.-Prior to Kroll, Chris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating the Department's efforts regarding financial institutions legislation and regulation, legislation affecting federal agencies that regulate or insure financial institutions and securities markets legislation and regulation. Specific policy and program areas of oversight included government-sponsored enterprises, critical infrastructure protection (cyber security) and compliance policy, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), small business, community development and affordable housing policy.Chris was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry's Critical Infrastructure Group. He regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Additionally, he oversaw the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy and Small Business, Community Development and Affordable Housing, and Cyber Security, in addition to a staff of 200.Prior to his role at the Treasury department, Chris was the majority staff director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed and coordinated the U.S. Senate Republican agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the U.S. National Debt, and oversight of three presidential cabinet secretaries. He was named by Roll Call Newspaper as one of the 50 most influential staffers on Capitol Hill, seven years running. Previously, he served as legislative director to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senator's legislative activities.Immediately prior to rejoining Senator Hatch's staff, Chris owned a business consulting firm that specialized in business strategy for clients from all-sized companies across the country, and from a variety of industries.Chris is a director of Intrado, Coinstar, WeConnect Health Management, tZERO, and a board advisor at Cross River Bank. Additionally, he is a Professor of Practice at his alma matter, Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Business Management and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.-Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we are honored to be joined by three distinguished guests: Congresswoman Carol Miller of West Virginia, Congressman Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions Chris Campbell.-Congresswoman Carol Miller represents West Virginia's First Congressional District. Miller serves on the Committee on Ways and Means.Miller's focus in Congress is creating jobs, diversifying the economy, innovating and improving infrastructure, protecting America's borders, and supporting West Virginia's energy industries like coal, oil, and gas.Prior to her election to Congress in 2018, Congresswoman Miller served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2006 to 2018 where she rose to become the first female Majority Whip.A mother of two and grandmother of seven, Carol Miller is married to her husband Matt, and lives in Huntington, where she owns and operates Swann Ridge Bison Farm and manages real estate. Miller was born in Columbus, Ohio and is the daughter of Congressman Samuel L. Devine and Betty Devine.-Josh Brecheen (pronounced Bra-keen) is a committed Christian, husband, father, and is a fourth generation rancher in Coal County, Oklahoma. Prior to his time in Congress, he owned and operated a small excavation and trucking business, Rawhide Dirtworks L.L.C. He served as an Oklahoma State Senator from 2010 to 2018, obtaining an overall voting record as the third most conservative senator among those with whom he served. He was the original author of measures that included capping state debt, banning dismemberment abortions, and a true repeal and replace of the common core educational standards—the nation's first. From 2004 to 2010, Brecheen worked for U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. as a field representative, working directly with Oklahoma constituents and evaluating federal programs for waste and inefficiencies.  Brecheen is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, where he earned a dual degree in agriculture. He served the Oklahoma FFA Association as State President in 1999 and later worked seasonally for the National FFA Organization as an ALD conference presenter. Until 2010, he brought inspirational messages into approximately 500 public schools, universities, and conferences through his motivational speaking business, Brecheen Keynotes and Seminars and also as a free service when employed by Tom Coburn.  Brecheen grew up in the professional cutting horse industry and in his youth was a two-time national qualifier for the National Cutting Horse Association Eastern Championship show. After college, Brecheen started training cutting horse futurity prospects as a “non pro” and has been raising quality cow horses for over 20 years.   As a member of Congress, he is focused on reining in our unsustainable debt and deficit spending, which he is convinced is undermining our national security.-The Honorable Christopher E Campbell is the Chief Strategist at Kroll, based in the New York office. As a Fellow of the Kroll Institute, he is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs on matters involving the economy.Prior to Kroll, Chris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating the Department's efforts regarding financial institutions legislation and regulation, legislation affecting federal agencies that regulate or insure financial institutions and securities markets legislation and regulation. Specific policy and program areas of oversight included government-sponsored enterprises, critical infrastructure protection (cyber security) and compliance policy, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), small business, community development and affordable housing policy.Chris was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry's Critical Infrastructure Group. He regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Additionally, he oversaw the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy and Small Business, Community Development and Affordable Housing, and Cyber Security, in addition to a staff of 200.Prior to his role at the Treasury department, Chris was the majority staff director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed and coordinated the U.S. Senate Republican agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the U.S. National Debt, and oversight of three presidential cabinet secretaries. He was named by Roll Call Newspaper as one of the 50 most influential staffers on Capitol Hill, seven years running. Previously, he served as legislative director to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senator's legislative activities.Immediately prior to rejoining Senator Hatch's staff, Chris owned a business consulting firm that specialized in business strategy for clients from all-sized companies across the country, and from a variety of industries.Chris is a director of Intrado, Coinstar, WeConnect Health Management, tZERO, and a board advisor at Cross River Bank. Additionally, he is a Professor of Practice at his alma matter, Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Business Management and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.-Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. Civility and solutions are the pillars that guide the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, named in honor of the late U.S. Senator who served Utah for more than 40 years. Here's Executive Director Matt Sandgren to share more. MATT SANDGREN: The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation has made great strides this year. We have hosted multiple Senators, foreign policy experts, and even a Supreme Court Justice in discussions about the challenges facing our country and proposals to help us overcome them. In addition, our Foundation's thinkers have been published in The Wall Street Journal, on the RealClearPolitics website, and more, and just recently we launched the Senate Project—a nationally televised debate series that convenes leading politicians from both to find areas of common ground. In the coming months, we will bring the Senate Project to Utah with a debate between two U.S. Senate heavyweights. And later this year, we'll be publishing our annual Hatch Center Policy Review to make the definitive case for preserving the legislative filibuster to save the Senate as an institution. What we have achieved over the last year is just a small taste of what's to come. DEREK MILLER: The Hatch Foundation has big plans for next year and beyond to promote civility and solutions. To learn more, visit the Orrin Hatch Foundation website. I'm Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally aired: November 9, 2022.

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam are joined by Chris Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions and David Keene, Editor at Large at the Washington Times. The Honorable Christopher E Campbell is the Chief Strategist at Kroll, based in the New York office. As a Fellow of the Kroll Institute, he is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs on matters involving the economy.Prior to Kroll, Chris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating the Department's efforts regarding financial institutions legislation and regulation, legislation affecting federal agencies that regulate or insure financial institutions and securities markets legislation and regulation. Specific policy and program areas of oversight included government-sponsored enterprises, critical infrastructure protection (cyber security) and compliance policy, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), small business, community development and affordable housing policy.Chris was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry's Critical Infrastructure Group. He regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Additionally, he oversaw the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy and Small Business, Community Development and Affordable Housing, and Cyber Security, in addition to a staff of 200.Prior to his role at the Treasury department, Chris was the majority staff director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed and coordinated the U.S. Senate Republican agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the U.S. National Debt, and oversight of three presidential cabinet secretaries. He was named by Roll Call Newspaper as one of the 50 most influential staffers on Capitol Hill, seven years running. Previously, he served as legislative director to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senator's legislative activities.Immediately prior to rejoining Senator Hatch's staff, Chris owned a business consulting firm that specialized in business strategy for clients from all-sized companies across the country, and from a variety of industries.Chris is a director of Intrado, Coinstar, WeConnect Health Management, tZERO, and a board advisor at Cross River Bank. Additionally, he is a Professor of Practice at his alma matter, Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Business Management and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.David A. Keene is Editor at Large at The Washington Times, the nation's largest conservative newspaper. His book Shall Not Be Infringed: The New Assaults on Your Second Amendment will be followed by a book on the modern conservative movement in America in 2018.While serving as President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Keene, along with NRA's Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, led the “All-In” Campaign to elect Second Amendment supporters to federal and state office in 2012 and worked tirelessly to keep the U.S. from adopting further gun control legislation in 2013. NRA membership grew from four to five plus million members during his two traditional one-year terms. Keene remains on the NRA board and chairs the Publications Policy Committee, the International Affairs Subcommittee, and the National School Shield program.From 1982 to 2011, Keene served as the elected Chairman of the American Conservative Union (ACU), the nation's oldest and largest grassroots conservative advocacy group. ACU is the major organizer of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC, which Keene grew from 200 to 11,000 conservative activists. CPAC meets in Washington, DC, each winter to hear conservative leaders and to network with fellow conservatives from around the country and the world. Keene remains on the boards of The Center for the National Interest, The Constitution Project, The Montana Policy Institute, and has served as National Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, among others. He has been a John F. Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Policy, a First Amendment Fellow at Vanderbilt University's Freedom Forum, and a member of the Board of Visitors at Duke University's Public Policy School.After earning his law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1970, Keene served as a Special Assistant to Vice President Spiro Agnew during the Nixon Administration, Executive Assistant to New York Senator Jim Buckley, and as an advisor to the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole and Mitt Romney and many state and local campaigns. For more than ten years, Keene wrote a regular column for The Hill, which focuses on Capitol Hill. He has written extensively on politics, civil liberties and criminal justice issues for the Boston Globe, National Review, Human Events, and the American Spectator and others, and has contributed to numerous books and hundreds of radio and television programs, including as a consultant to CBS News His Lifetime Achievement Awards include those from CPAC, Young Americas Foundation, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Council of Racial Equality.Keene is married to Donna Wiesner Keene and they enjoy the company of five children, seven grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. They work in Washington, DC, and protect their sanity with extended trips to Montana and West Virginia to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors.Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

Orrin G. Hatch's death, an Idaho Falls house fire, an update on the Rexburg Airport, the Lindon Utah Temple groundbreaking, and the dates being set for Lori Vallow-Daybell's trial.

Anna Escobedo Cabral, former U.S. Treasurer, and highest-ranking Latina during the George W. Bush administration, was dealt a rough hand early in life. She described her family as “the poorest of the poor” as their father was unable to work. She is a graduate of UC Davis, received her Masters from Harvard and her law degree from George Mason University. As former CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), and in several positions supporting the Senate, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institution, she was recognized as a thought leader addressing Latino issues related to cultural heritage, economic growth and education for Hispanic Americans. Ms. Cabral became the highest-ranking Latina in the George W. Bush administration and was sworn in as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States on December 13, 2004 and served through January 20, 2009 (If you have any dollar bills printed during that time you will see her signature on them!). Connect with on Anna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-escobedo-cabral-25861512/ Shout-out: Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Cesar Chavez, and Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation Music: Vente by Mamá Patxanga is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Amor Y Felicidad by SONGO 21 is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/si-suite/message

Anna Escobedo Cabral, former U.S. Treasurer, and highest-ranking Latina during the George W. Bush administration, was dealt a rough hand early in life. She described her family as “the poorest of the poor” as their father was unable to work. She is a graduate of UC Davis, received her Masters from Harvard and her law degree from George Mason University. As former CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), and in several positions supporting the Senate, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institution, she was recognized as a thought leader addressing Latino issues related to cultural heritage, economic growth and education for Hispanic Americans. Ms. Cabral became the highest-ranking Latina in the George W. Bush administration and was sworn in as the 42nd Treasurer of the United States on December 13, 2004 and served through January 20, 2009 (If you have any dollar bills printed during that time you will see her signature on them!). Connect with on Anna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-escobedo-cabral-25861512/ Shout-out: Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Cesar Chavez, and Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation Music: Vente by Mamá Patxanga is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Amor Y Felicidad by SONGO 21 is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/si-suite/message

In the ongoing discussion of criminal justice reform, the effect of incarceration of the families left behind is often not talked about. Chris Bates from The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation joined Boyd to discuss his new report advocating for family-centered solutions instead. They also talk about how strengthening families can help reduce recidivism and crime overall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Left is right and right is left in today's political world. Our two political parties have become increasingly unfamiliar to those who knew them 30 or 40 years ago. They've switched places... constituencies... and priorities.  Policy Director at the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation Sam Lyman chats with Boyd about his new piece in Newsweek detailing what's going on and why.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have a labor force problem and a crime recidivism problem in the United States. Chris Bates with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation has a new piece in The Hill that argues for simple solutions--things we can do right now--to fix both issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Orrin G. Hatch Institute hosted a sit down with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) about a bipartisan bill to increase civics education. Matt Sandgrin, who moderated the forum, talks with Boyd about what Senator Cornyn said and the importance of civics education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, August 6, 20214:20 pm: Christopher Bates, a Legal Fellow at the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, joins Rod to discuss his piece for the Washington Examiner in which he says criminal justice reform should take a more family-centered approach4:38 pm: Bethany Mandel of Ricochet joins Rod to discuss her piece for the Deseret News in which she says the narcissism of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden could help promote the Covid vaccine6:05 pm: Christopher Cunningham, Managing Editor of Public Square Magazine, joins Rod to discuss his piece for the Deseret News in which he says the science has changed and its time revisit Roe v. Wade6:20 pm: Taryn Hiatt, area Director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, joins the show to discuss the LIVE ON suicide prevention campaign6:35 pm: We'll listen back to Rod's conversations this week with Joe Grenny of the Other Side Academy about the likelihood of a tiny homes village for the low income in Salt Lake City, and (at 6:50 pm) with Sarah Coyne, Professor at the School of Family Life at BYU regarding a recent study on the effects of the “Disney Princess Culture” on our children

What a treat, today I am please to welcome Preston Rutledge, Founder and Principal of the Rutledge Policy group and previously Assistant Secretary of Labor for the EBSA and prior to that, senior tax and benefits counsel for Chairman Orrin Hatch on the US Senate Finance Committee. During our conversation we hit on a few good stories from his civil service days, talk about the concepts behind the SECURE Act and where we go from here, potential tax changes and the impact on retirement plans and much more. Definitely a good one to check out and share!   On that note, if you have been enjoying the podcast, please do take a minute to mention to a friend, colleague or networking group. As our audience continues to grow, it makes it easier for me to find high quality guests like Preston.    That’s it, I hope your enjoy our conversation!   Guest Bio Preston Rutledge is the Founder and Principal of Rutledge Policy Group, LLC. With an uncommon combination of expertise both in legal and tax matters, he is a sought-after consultant and speaker in the areas of retirement, health plans, taxation, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.  Prior to founding Rutledge Policy Group, Preston was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). At EBSA, he led the drafting and publication of guidance to implement retirement, health, and workplace benefits policies and oversaw a nationwide team of over 800 employee benefits professionals. In international affairs, Preston led the U.S Delegation on private pension policy at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. Preston was a member of the OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee, and served as Chair of the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions. Preston also worked closely with the OECD affiliated International Organization of Pension Supervisors (IOPS).  Before joining the Department of Labor, Preston served as senior tax and benefits counsel for Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) on the Majority Tax Staff of the US Senate Finance Committee. Preston had the retirement, non-profit, and insurance tax portfolio during tax reform in 2017, and he drafted the Chairman’s primary retirement initiatives: the Secure Annuities for Employee (SAFE) Retirement Act and the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act (RESA). RESA became the SECURE Act, the most sweeping reform of retirement savings policy in over a decade.  Prior to joining the Finance Committee, Preston served as a senior tax law specialist for retirement and non-profit policy on the Headquarters Staff of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division of the Internal Revenue Service. Earlier in his career he served as a law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and worked in private law practice as an employee benefits counselor and ERISA litigator.  Preston earned a BS in business, cum laude, from the University of Idaho; JD, with high honors, from the George Washington University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review; and an LLM – taxation, with distinction, including a certificate in employee benefits law, from the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to law school Preston was a Naval Officer, and served on the U.S.S. Bagley (FF-1069)    401(k) Fridays Podcast Overview Struggling with a fiduciary issue, looking for strategies to improve employee retirement outcomes or curious about the impact of current events on your retirement plan? We've had conversations with retirement industry leaders to address these and other relevant topics! You can easily explore over 200 prior on-demand audio interviews here. Don't forget to subscribe as we release a new episode each Friday!

This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation is a national think tank with Utah roots that focuses on civility and solutions. Matt Sandgren, the Foundation's executive director, is a 15-year veteran of Capitol Hill, where he served as Senator Hatch's chief of staff and as a senior counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is here to share the work the Foundation has been doing while navigating the pandemic. Matt Sandgren This last year the Foundation has been busy hosting events with HHS Secretary Alex Azar, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and US Trade Representative Bob Lighthizer. We also conducted a webinar with Senator Tim Scott focused on improving racial understanding. In a year like 2020, our mission of promoting civility and solutions is more critical than ever. But we've had to adapt by focusing even more on print and digital media. We launched The Washington Update newsletter to keep our supporters briefed on the latest political intelligence. We also published several op-eds, including one in the Wall Street Journal on cancel culture and campus reform. We followed up with a TIME magazine piece calling on Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, boosting businesses and helping Americans struggling with mental illness. This month we're releasing a report on the nation's civics education crisis. Derek Miller Learn more about the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation by visiting orrinhatchfoundation.org. I'm Derek Miller, with the Salt Lake Chamber, and this is Speaking on Business. Originally Aired: October 20, 2020.

Orrin G. Hatch argues in an opinion piece in Time that, “We are making significant progress in the fight against COVID-19, and making DST year-round would only help us advance the line. Now is not the time to fall back.” Lee reacts and discusses Daylight Saving Time in the time of COVID.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Orrin G. Hatch honored for his work on religious freedom from the Becket Fund. Lee will discuss past winners of this award. 

On today’s show we talk to John Sherman, the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He’ll be coming to Utah Valley University Tuesday, Oct. 8th at the Clarke Building from 9am-12pm. This event is hosted by the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, which you can learn more about by visiting orrinhatchfoundation.org. To register for the event, visit hatchcybersecurity.eventbrite.com.   

Pete and Luke discuss Ryan Zinke, the scandal-ridden Secretary of the Interior. What does "public land for public use" mean? What is an "America First" energy policy? They also briefly revisit last week's topic, Matthew Whitaker, the newly appointed acting Attorney General. Intro clip: Dogs at Dept of Interior, Fox New (May. 05, 2017). Whitaker Redux Shawn Boburg, "Whitaker's unusual path to Justice Department included owning day-care center, trailer maker and concrete supplier," Washington Post (November 14, 2018)."In 2004, when he started a five-year stint as U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Iowa, Whitaker cited a personal-injury case and a dispute involving a dry-cleaning business as some of his most consequential legal work." John Yoo, "Whitaker's Appointment Is Unconstitutional," The Atlantic (Nov. 13, 2018). Rational Security, "The 'Cocoon of Bitterness and Resentment' Edition (Nov. 15, 2018). Ryan Zinke, or I can't remember which clown we're talking about this week… Media Matters, "A Timeline of scandals and ethical shortfalls at Ryan Zinke's Interior Department." Timothy L. O'Brien, "Ryan Zinke and the Murky Interior of Trumpworld," Bloomberg (Nov. 1, 2018). Elliott D. Woods, "Ryan Zinke Is Trump's Attack Dog on the Environment," Outside (Dec 4, 2017). Jimmy Tobias, "The Zinke effect," The Guardian (Nov 12, 2018)."Williams dismissively characterized the approach taken by the administration of Barack Obama: “Anything you want to do on public land, they want to see what the carbon footprint is and what the social cost is.” Under Zinke, “we're not looking at this”, he said. The new administration was instead focused on “economic impacts”." Democracy in America, "Ryan Zinke's messy week," The Economist (Oct 19, 2018). "In a more normal administration, Mr Zinke's misadventures might have got him fired. In the current administration, they barely make headlines." What does "public lands will once again be for public use" mean? What is an "America First" energy policy?   Conrad Black, How Trump Stood up the the Environmentalist Left, National Review (Nov. 14, 2018). (A response was published in NR by Theodore Kupfer.) Shawn Regan, "A Monumental Mistake," National Review (Feb. 14, 2017).- Bears Ears "defenders in this case have expressed contempt for Utah's desire to choose its own land policies."- "If government is the things we do together, then we should govern together. And if monument designations are truly good public policy, they shouldn't require eleventh-hour executive actions that thwart the legislative process to become reality." Orrin G. Hatch, "It's time to undo the federal land grab of Bears Ears," Washington Post (April 25, 2017)."[Obama] ignored the best interests of Utah and cast aside the will of the people — all in favor of a unilateral approach meant to satisfy the demands of far-left interest groups."=> Hatch does not explain why expanding protections causes harm other than to say that it was against the wishes of Utah's politicians. Elizabeth Kolbert, "The The Damage Done by Trump's Department of the Interior," The New Yorker (Jan. 22, 2018). “One of Zinke's first acts, after dismounting from Tonto, was to overturn a moratorium on new leases for coal mines on public land.” Glenn Beck (Dec 5, 2017)“The Antiquities Act was supposed to protect archaeological sites from souvenir hunters,” explained Glenn, adding, “Once the land is declared a national monument, it's closed. And I mean closed to ranching, mining, and development — but also to you. Don't you dare pitch a tent there. This is not a park.”"...untapped natural resources" in protected federal land ? Outro clip: "I Heart Huckabees." The Public Sphere is a podcast from Contrivers Review. Visit www.contrivers.org to read great essays and interviews. You can also sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Twitter, or like our Facebook page. If you have a suggestion for the podcast, or an essay or review you'd like to pitch, get in touch with us through social media or email. The Public Sphere is on iTunes where you can rate and review us. Please consider supporting The Public Sphere and Contrivers' Review on Patreon. Thanks for listening.

The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies is honored to announce that Senator Orrin G. Hatch will deliver our tenth Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture.The namesake of the lecture – the eminent jurist Joseph Story – became the youngest Associate Justice ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court when he was appointed by President Madison in 1812. Story made a significant mark on American law in his thirty-three years on the bench, but his greatest contribution to jurisprudence is his renowned Commentaries on the Constitution, in which he set forth a philosophy of judicial restraint. This lecture series celebrates his legacy.Previous Joseph Story Lectures have been delivered by Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Judge Robert H. Bork, Professor John Harrison, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Judge Alice M. Batchelder, Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, Judge Carlos T. Bea, and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charles Rettig, President Donald Trump’s nominee for IRS commissioner, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee June 28. Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) told Bloomberg Tax that he wants to wrap up Rettig’s confirmation process in three to four weeks. Capitol Hill reporter Kaustuv Basu spoke with Talking Tax Host Amanda Iacone July 2 about Rettig, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady’s (R-Texas) plans for a tax cut package later this year, and the Internal Revenue Service’s new draft 1040 form.

With over more than four decades of public service, Senator Orrin Hatch has established himself as a leading voice in the United States Senate. As the upper chamber's most senior Republican, he currently serves as President Pro Tempore and as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He also holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Senator in Utah's history. Senator Hatch has announced he will not run for re-election later this year. In recognition of his legislative leadership, and his many decades of distinguished service to both Utah and the nation, the Salt Lake Chamber will be honoring Senator Orrin G. Hatch as a Giant in Our City on June 9, 2018. In this episode of Building Utah, we sit down with Senator Hatch to talk about his long career and his impact on Utah and the nation.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) says Republicans will "hit the rich" in tax reform. Reporters Kaustuv Basu and Colleen Murphy spoke with Talking Tax host Matthew Beddingfield about the GOP's tax reform efforts as Congress is out for summer recess.