"It’s no big deal," Hatch, 78, said later when asked about his new status. "Well, not to me."
Sen. Orrin Hatch took his seat behind the minority leader just before noon Thursday, assuming a perch as the senior Republican in the hallowed body and the longest-serving U.S. senator in Utah history.
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