Scott D. Hatch (Lobbyist, Walker, Martin & Hatch)

Scott D. Hatch, the son of Senator Orrin Hatch, is a lobbyist with Walker Martin & Hatch.

Jack W. Martin and Hatch "left the fold" of Parry Romani DeConcini & Symms in 2002 "to team up with veteran telecom" lobbyist Laird Walker to form Walker Martin & Hatch, T.R. Goldman wrote January 8, 2003.

Hatch was at Parry Romani from approximately 1992-2001/2. "Before being hired at Parry and Romani, Scott Hatch, [41 in 2003], had finished college and worked as a government clerk in Washington. At Parry and Romani, he worked his way up to lobbyist." 


 * "As a young man out of junior college, Scott Hatch spent four years in the Senate Clerk's office, where, [Hatch] said, 'I would take microfiches back and forth' to committee offices'," Chuck Neubauer, Judy Pasternak and Richard T. Cooper wrote in the June 22, 2003, Los Angeles Times. "He left to finish college and then spent 10 years at Parry, Romani, where he answered the telephone, monitored legislation and watched congressional hearings on television — but refused to lobby, Romani said. The late Tom Parry had been one of his father's closest aides and friends."

Lobby-Free Zone
Cicero, "Lobby-Free Zone," To The People, January 3, 2006 (from CQ Weekly):


 * "If one Utah legislator gets his way, it will soon be illegal for cities and counties in Utah to hire people in DC to lobby Congress for federal pork. Not only will this save taxpayer money, it will put rascals, like U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch's son, out of business. ...


 * "One of the state’s best-heeled lobbyists is Scott Hatch, son of the state’s senior senator, Republican Orrin G. Hatch. The younger Hatch is a partner at Walker, Martin & Hatch ..."

Affiliations

 * Lobbyist for National Nutritional Foods Association

SourceWatch Resources

 * Kith & Kin Inc.
 * pharmaceutical industry
 * Swallowing Anything: The Hype Behind Alternative Remedies

2000

 * Gail Russell Chaddock, "Profits, Politics, & A Drug Patent," Christian Science Monitor (Common Dreams), July 19, 2000: "One of those lobbying firms for Schering-Plough is Parry & Romani Associates Inc., headed by Thomas Parry, a former chief of staff in Hatch's Senate office. Scott Hatch, the senator's son, works as a researcher for the Parry firm, and has lobbied Congress on the Claritin issue. Rosche says: 'He [Scott Hatch] says that he is aware of the potential for conflict of interest, and so avoids as much as is practical going to meetings in the Senate.'"

2001

 * Holly Bailey, "Asbestos Lobbying and the Bankruptcy Bill," Open Secrets.org, February 26, 2001: "Construction and manufacturing interests spent millions last year pushing the legislation, while one leading supporter, the New Jersey-based GAF Corp, retained Scott Hatch, the son of Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), as one of its key lobbyists on behalf of the proposal."

2002

 * "Prescription Drugs: A Look at Contributions from Pfizer & Pharmacia," Open Secrets.org, July 18, 2002. Pfizer "also retains Scott Hatch, son of Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who authored the drug patent law that remains in effect today."
 * Dave Gibson, "Food Or Medicine: A Choice No Senator Will Ever Have To Make," The American Partisan, August 5, 2002: "Even the sons of the powerful in Washington have gotten into the act, Scott Hatch (son of Sen. Orrin Hatch - R-UT) draws a paycheck from Pfizer."

2003

 * Leon Jaroff, "It's Time To Rethink Ephedra Regulation. The FDA needs new authority to evaluate the weight-loss supplement," Time, March 5, 2003.
 * Chuck Neubauer, Judy Pasternak and Richard T. Cooper, "Senator, His Son Get Boosts From Makers of Ephedra. Orrin Hatch has kept regulators at bay and benefited via campaign donations. Lobbyists linked to his son have received $2 million," Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2003.
 * "Orrin Hatch and Bill Thomas: Special Interests' Best Friends," Left Coaster, March 5, 2003.
 * Luke Cyphers, "A deadly game of politics," ESPNMag.com, March 18, 2003: "Roll Call also reported the industry has paid more than $1 million to retain lobbyists Jack Martin, a former aide to Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Scott Hatch, the senator's son. Orrin Hatch, perhaps not so coincidentally, was the legislative author of the DSHEA."
 * Chuck Neubauer, Judy Pasternak and Richard T. Cooper, "A Washington Bouquet: Hire a Lawmaker's Kid. Stiffer rules are making it harder to direct cash to a congressman. But you can still put his family on the payroll," Los Angeles Times (NewsMine.org), June 22, 2003.

2005

 * "Political Contributions by DeLay Alumni During the 2003-2004 Election Cycle," Tech Politics (CQ Weekly, Federal Election Commission downloaded March 2005.)
 * Anne E. Kornblut and Duff Wilson, "How One Pill Escaped the List of Controlled Steroids," New York Times, April 17, 2005.
 * Under the Radar: "Steroids - Hatch Still Shills for Steroids," The Progress Report, April 18, 2005: "Sports officials had favored an overall ban on steroids and related pills, like DHEA, but Hatch resisted, standing up for the supplement which had been championed by his son, Scott Hatch, 'a lobbyist for the National Nutritional Foods Association.' Hatch's son also 'represented supplement companies themselves, including Twin Laboratories, which sells DHEA.'"
 * "DHEA Exempt from Steroid Ban," Althealth News (UK), April 19, 2005: "Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is seen as the key legislator behind the exemption for DHEA: Many dietary-supplement makers are based in Utah, and Hatch lobbied to keep DHEA on the market when Congress was drafting anti-steroid legislation last year. Scott Hatch, the senator's son, is a lobbying for a trade association for the supplement industry."
 * "Add Another $5,500 From Delay's Contribution Network," DumpMike.com, May 25, 2005. Hatch, of Walker Martin & Hatch, donated $500 to "Friends of Mike Ferguson": "Ferguson is the leading congressional recipient of money from Texas Congressman and [former] House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay's ARM PAC."