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McConnell, Utah leaders honor ‘larger than life’ Orrin Hatch

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at former Sen. Orrin Hatch's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, Pool) Marcia Hatch Whetton, daughter of former Sen. Orrin Hatch, speaks during her father's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, Pool) Members of the Utah Army National Guard carry the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Members of the Utah Army National Guard fold the American flag that drapes the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Members of the Utah Army National Guard stand at attention after carrying the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Members of the Utah Army National Guard fold the American flag that drapes the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Members of the Utah Army National Guard carry the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Members of the Utah Army National Guard carry the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Former Sen. Gordon H. Smith of Oregon speaks at former Sen. Orrin Hatch's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, Pool) Brent Hatch, son of former Sen. Orrin Hatch, wipes tears during his father's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the late Sen. Hatch on Friday, celebrating the Utah icon as a principled conservative, committed public servant and man of faith. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, Pool) Members of the Utah Army National Guard carry the casket of former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch during funeral services at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Institute of Religion Friday, May 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died last month at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) President Dallin H. Oaks, left, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before the start of former Sen. Orrin Hatch's funeral at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Friday, May 6, 2022. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)