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Why Being in the Senate for 36 years has led to abuse of power by Orrin Hatch By Alan Mortensen [email protected] (801) 556-6867 Disclaimer: This presentation has not been approved by Dan Liljenquist or the Dan Liljenquist for Senate Campaign, nor the law firm of Dewsnup, King & Olsen. Any errors in this presentation are my errors and not those of Dan or his campaign staff. Please call me with any questions.

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  • 1. By Alan Mortensen [email protected](801) 556-6867Disclaimer: This presentation has not been approved by Dan Liljenquist or the Dan Liljenquistfor Senate Campaign, nor the law firm of Dewsnup, King & Olsen. Any errors in thispresentation are my errors and not those of Dan or his campaign staff.Please call me with any questions.

2. While you may be on the otherside of the BYU/Utah Rivalry, it isundisputed that both the UofU andBYU are great assets andemployers for the State of Utah 3. [Letter from Professor Tom Morgan to George Washington University law faculty, January 12, 1998] For those of you who are unfamiliar with BYU, it is the flagshipuniversity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. . . .Neither [my wife] nor I are members of the LDS Church, but asembodied in its university and the warmth of its members acceptanceof us, we have found it to represent a remarkable testament to Godswork on earth. Indeed, Brigham Young University is one of the rareremaining examples of what all religiously affiliated universities onceaspired to be--an institution that sees its students as persons ofinfinite worth and believes that their education for faithful livesrepresents the worlds best hope for a humane and productive future.The educational program and student experience at BYU [are] builtaround such core values. 4. Gordon B. Hinckley President Gordon B. Hinckley described the unique features of BYU in a devotional, stating that he hoped the students [f]eel as much at home in the house of the Lord as they feel in the classrooms of this university. When all is said and done, it is not this elaborate campus that really counts. It is the faculty who teach you, who lead you, who encourage you, who help you find your way as you go forward with your studies. This . . . is an element of the singular BYU experience. [Gordon B. Hinckley, "The BYU Experience," BYU Devotional, November 4, 1997, p. 3] 5. Economic and Society Benefits ofBYU to the State of Utah1. 4,016 full time employees2 29,884 undergraduate students3. Rankings-#1 Yield: Accepted students who enroll U.S.News & WorldReport #1 Accounting program, according to recruitersWall Street Journal-#1 Business: Return on tuition, private school BloombergBusinessweek-#3 Undergraduate accountancy program U.S.News & WorldReport #3 Undergraduate accountancy program PublicAccounting Report-#3 Masters of Accountancy program Public AccountingReport #4 Undergraduate entrepreneurship Entrepreneur-#4 Graduates with least debt U.S.News & World Report-#4 Graduate entrepreneurship Entrepreneur-#5 Top public relations program PR Week Magazine 6. Orrin Hatch is an HonoredAlumni from BYU 7. Hatch, like many ofus, claims that BYUhelped him decideto go on a mission.My experience at BYUhelped me decide to go ona mission, which Iwouldnt trade foranything includingbeing a senator. It gaveme an additional moralcompass that I think hashelped me throughout mywhole life. 8. Hatch met his wifeat BYU and was thesummer studentbody president.Orrin Hatchclaims to be oneof the beststudent bodypresidents BYUhas ever had. 9. BYUs law school has named a TrialLawyer Lecturer Series after OrrinHatch 10. Senator Hatch has used BYU forpolitical venues to promote hispolitical career 11. Hatch has appeared at BYU withthe worlds famous billionaires 12. Orrin Hatchs BYU education andservice in the Senate has served himwell as he is now a multi-millionaire Orrin Hatch is worth over $4,000,000 13. Orrin Hatch has called BYU thegreatest university in the world.* *I actually agree with him on this one 14. For years, Orrin Hatch hasServing Utahs families and claimed that he uses his taxpayers is my first responsibility seniority, influence, andand my greatest privilege. Every day I leadership to protect Utahs fight for the values of individual constituency and liberty and personal responsibility institutions, including Hill that are central to the way of lifeUtahans hold dear. Air Force Base, BYU and thehttp://hatch.senate.gov/public/index LDS Church..cfm/focusonutah 15. In fact he told BYUstudents he ran forPresident in 2000 totry and decreasediscrimination againstMormonsI ran for president to decreasediscrimination against themembers of the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints. 16. Does Senator Hatch truly believe that serving Utahsfamilies and taxpayers is his first responsibility and hisgreatest privilege including BYU and the LDS Church andits employees, students and members or does he use hisposition of privilege to serve he and his family? 17. It has long been known that: the pharmaceutical industrythat long has benefitted fromSen. Orrin G. Hatchs legislativeefforts has directed large sumsof money to a charity he helpedfound and still raises moneyfor while also hiring theRepublican lawmakers son as alobbyist.www.washingtontimes.com/ne ws/2009/mar/2/the-fog-of- congressional- transparency/?page=all 18. Pfizer is one of Hatchs favoriteinstitutions. 19. Orrin Hatch has accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from Pfizer over the years including $25,300 this year alone, secon d only to President Barack Obama. http://www.ope nsecrets.org/org s/recips.php?cyc le=2012&id=D00 0000138 20. Orrin Hatchs son Scott is/has been alobbyist for Pfizer. "Prescription Drugs:A Look at Contributions from Pfizer &Pharmacia," Open Secrets.org, July18, 2002. "Scott is the son of Senator OrrinHatch. These relationships ensure thatthe pharmaceutical industry has theattention and sympathy of ears inWashington. Imagine that! In the year2000, President George W. Bushreceived $477,633.00, while senatorMajority Leader Bill Frist (RepublicanTN) got $116,457.00 and Senator OrrinHatch (Republican UT)$399,874.00, etc.55 Politicians in favor ofthe pharmaceutical industry (i.e. votingfor their interest) received more moneythan those voting against them, ofcourse."- Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, GerdSchaller, Side Effects: The HiddenAgenda of the Pharmaceutical DrugCartel 21. Pfizer lists Orrin Hatch onits webpage as a friend ofPfizer, someone who willrepresent Pfizers voiceand have impact uponPfizers success.http://www.pfizerelectioncenter.com/voter-resources/official/53352/C/UT/Orrin/Hatch 22. So why does it matter to Utahans that Orrin Hatch and his family have formed a cottage industry around Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies? Because while Hatch professes that serving Utahs families and taxpayers is his first responsibility and my greatest privilege Pfizer, which has no manufacturing presence in Utah 23. stole from Brigham Young University trade secrets worth up to $9.7 billion to BYU and several billion dollars in punitive damages that would have gone to BYU and the State of Utahs Education Funds pursuant to Utahs punitive damage statute**Utah Code Annotated Sec. 78B-8-201 (3): half of allpunitive damages go to the State of Utah. 24. forcing BYU to sue Pfizer and settle for a pennies on the dollar, depriving BYU, the LDS Church and the State of Utah of billions of dollars 25. that BYU, the LDS Church could have used for educating its members and sending out humanitarian aid world wide and providing much needed funds for Utahs education system. This trade secret stealing made Pfizer up to $80.5 billion (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/health/pfizer- settles-byu-lawsuit-over-development-of- celebrex.html), 26. So, when faced with the choice of standing up for hisUtah Constituency, Utahs treasury, BYU and the LDSChurch, or having Pfizer still continue to line his familyspockets, what did Hatch do?Vs. 27. Instead using hisinfluence, leadership and seniorityto protect Utahsconstituency andinstitutions, including two of Utahslargest employers(BYU/LDSChurch, both ofwhich he belongsto), and the Stateof Utahs treasury 28. Hatch used his influence with his old friend Pfizer* toretain Orrin Hatchs son Brent Hatch to defend Pfizer in thelawsuit by BYU and try to defeat BYUs Claim of Pfizer stealing trade secrets from BYU!!!*I have no problem that Pfizer hired counsel to defenditself against BYUs claims. That is how the legal systemworks and it works well. I do have a problem that OrrinHatchs son was the one selected by Pfizer especiallygiven the ties between the Hatch family and Pfizer andHatchs obligation to do what is best for Utah, not for heand his familys pocketbooks. 29. The cronyism and nepotism in Hatchs Familywith the pharmacitical industry at the expense ofUtah citizens and educational and religiousinstitutions confirms why Orrin Hatch is willing tospend more than $8 million to beat DanLiljenquist and why companies like Pfizer gaveHatch so much money to beat Dan Liljenquist. Ihope it gives you pause on who to vote for asbetween Dan Liljenquist and Orrin Hatch. 30. Apart from eliminating the self-serving actions of Orrin Hatch, whywould a vote for Dan Liljenquist instead of Orrin Hatch make adifference to Utah? 31. Dan has been running businesses not taking hand outs from them. Dans Business Experience is verysimilar to Mitt Romney, as heworked for Romney at BainBefore starting his final year of law school, he interviewed with Bain &Company. Out of 250 applicants from the University of Chicago Businessand Law Schools, only he was chosen from the law school.After joining Bain, he moved with his wife Brooke to Dallas, Texas where heworked for the global management consulting firm as a strategy consultantfrom 2001 to 2003. 32. Dan is an economic genius Born to Dr. John E Liljenquist and Colleen RedfordLiljenquist, he spent most of his childhood in IdahoFalls. After a football injury sidelined him as a highschool junior, his attention turned to politics. Heserved as the student body president of his seniorclass at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He attended Brigham Young University (BYU) on aone-year renewable scholarship with a minimum3.9 GPA required. Liljenquist was able to renew hisscholarship annually and in 1998, graduated magnacum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.After graduation, he attended the University ofChicago Law School graduating with his JurisDoctorate in 2001. Liljenquist spent the summer between his first andsecond years of law school interning for theInstitute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship. Heprovided free law help as well as businessconsulting aimed at helping fledgling businessesget off the ground. Between his second and third year, he interned forKirkland & Ellis where Ken Starr was the leadcounsel 33. Dan has created jobs in Utah in theprivate sector. In 2006, he joined FOCUS Services, LLC, a telemarketing firm based in Roy, Utah, and served as its president and chief operating officer until January of 2011. A privately owned call center founded in 1995 with 2 employees, it now has just under 1500 employees working in 7 facilities around the world. 34. Dan will fight for term limits andwill impose them on himself toprevent himself from becoming acareer politician like Orrin Hatch. http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 35. Dan is going to live in Utah andcommute to Washington DC so heavoids Potomac Fever 36. Entitlement Reform Dan is running ON entitlement reform, not away from it. Medicaid and other welfare programs should be pushed back to the states. If we are going to have a welfare program at all, it should administered at a state level. Unlike Medicaid, which is a pure entitlement program, Social Security and Medicare are programs that must be reformed while honoring our commitments to those who have paid into the system for decades and who have planned their future around them. We must keep our promises to our seniors while creating a different deal for those who still have time to adjust. http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 37. Cut, Cap and Balance Dan is a vocal supporter of cut, cap and balance. We must cut spending, cap the growth and balance the budget. To achieve that balance, we MUST tackle entitlements in real and substantive ways. http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 38. Balanced Budget Amendment Dan is also in favor of and will advocate for a balancedbudget amendment but simply balancing the budgetwhile raising revenues (which means tax increases)is not enough. We must also cut the spending and curbthe rate of that spending.http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 39. Medicaid Reform Watching a dramatic increase in Medicaid costs from 9% of the state budget in 2001 to almost 20%in the 2011 budget and projected to be at least 36%by 2020 it was painfully obvious that Medicaidspath was simply unsustainable. Dan spent a fullyear working to bring all parties to the table andcarefully crafted a bill that would fundamentallyrestructure the Medicaid program in Utah. Underhis guidance, Utah became the first state in thenation to cap Medicaid growth and tie it to thegrowth of the state budget. It fundamentallyreformed the payment structure for Medicaid inUtah, moving to a capitated model whilerequiring evidence-based care. Utah is ready forthe Paul Ryan plan! Dans bill passed both theHouse and Senate without a single dissentingvote. He has been recognized nationally for hiswork on these reforms as well.http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 40. IMMIGRATION The federal government has abdicated its responsibility with respect to immigration. It meddles in many areas it should not be and completely ignores one of the most critical areas of its responsibility. We must secure our borders and enforce our laws. Dan supports the protection of identities through the use of E-verify. He also believes we need to open up legal immigration in efficient, sensible ways. http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 41. NATIONAL DEFENSE The biggest threat to our national security is that weborrow every penny of our defense spending. Thefederal government is now cutting defense by 12%while at the same time, the federal budget is growingby 24%. Defense is another core function of thefederal government and must be a priority, but wemust also use a critical eye when evaluatingwaste, fraud and abuse in defense spending.http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 42. STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY We must value and protect the traditional family. Professor Robert P George of Princeton once said that the family is the original and best Department of Health, Education and Welfare. An increased, inter- generational dependence on the 185 federal welfare programs is destroying the economic necessity of the family as we have known it for thousands of years. http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ 43. To Learn More of What Dan Liljenquist stands for, watch hisconvention speech athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCwEgAWy_0k&feature=related go to http://www.danforutah.com/issues/ and see part II of this Power Point