Hatch commits to miners’ healthcare funds in return for Democratic support of Lighthizer waiver

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), shortly after announcing a markup for the confirmation of U.S. Trade Representative nominee Robert Lighthizer -- and a statutory waiver that would allow him to serve -- told Inside U.S. Trade on Tuesday a deal struck between him and his panel’s Democrats includes funding only for the healthcare portion of an unrelated miners’ bill. “It'll be no more than the healthcare; that's all I can afford to do. And that's a big...