WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and 41 other Republican Senators in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in which they expressed a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. "The House has taken a responsible first step in coming to the table with their proposa  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, recently joined 42 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) opposing a debt ceiling increase without substantive spending and budget reforms.. The national debt is currently more than $31.7 trillion. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) led the letter. "The S  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) in urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to continue construction of the border wall at the nation's southern border. The senators requested information on the status of the border wall construction projects, and the anticipated number of illegal immigrants expected to seek entry to the United State  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and 42 of his Senate colleagues in urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. "The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiat  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Rep. Mark E. Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Utah, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners an  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, issued the following news release: House Republicans on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees released a joint interim staff report titled, "The Hunter Biden Statement: How Senior Intelligence Community Officials and the Biden Campaign Worked to Mislead American Voters." Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) is a member of both the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the bipartisan and bicameral Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act. This legislation will allow victims of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to hold online platforms accountable in both state and federal court for distributing images and videos of child sexual abuse. The bill will provide state prosecutors the ability to enforc  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Save Local Business Act, legislation to provide clarification and certainty for small businesses while strengthening protections for American workers. Since 2015, the definition of a "joint employer" has been dramatically expanded, resulting in confusing regulations and an unpredictable liability standard for small and local businesses across the country. As a result,  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining America's Workforce Challenges: Looking for Ways to Improve Skills Development": "If these past three years have proven anything, it's that America has an extremely resilient workforce. Through the COVID pandemic  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04) and Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced The Direct Capital Access (DCA) Act, legislation to add 28 additional in- and beyond-perimeter flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in the 2023 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill. Congress restricted air traffic at DCA in the 1960s -- in part to encourage airlines to grow their long-distance flight opt  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, May 10 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) applauded the announcement that the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Center for Agroecology will support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new Regional Food Business Center, to strengthen food supplies and connect producers to new markets. Rep. Panetta has strong supported the work at UCSC. The new Southwest USDA Regiona  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) voted in favor of the Secure the Border Act. The Biden administration's open-border policies have created an unprecedented crisis at the southern border. Fortunately, despite the administration's decision to ignore this crisis, House Republicans have now passed a commonsense, necessary plan to secure the border. "Joe Biden's open-border policies have created a humanitarian and nationa  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to bolster domestic printed circuit board (PCB) production and strengthen supply chain security. The Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act will complement semiconductor incentives by encouraging domestic PCB manufacturing and R&D to reduce supply chain disruptions, address national security concerns relate  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Congressman Curtis (R-UT), Congressman Pappas (D-NH), and Senator Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the Taiwan Representative Office Act to rename Taiwan's diplomatic outpost currently named the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to the Taiwan Representative Office. "It is long overdue to correctly name the de facto embassy of our longtime friend and ally, Taiwan, as the Taiwan Representative Office,"  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Reps. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the month of May as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Reps. Stewart and Napolitano serve as Co-chairs of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus, and their resolution was signed by 71 of their congressional colleagues. "Mental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity that America can't afford to miss," said  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) along with Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), introduced legislation to protect multiple use policy on federal lands. The legislation blocks the Bureau of Land Management's proposed Public Lands Ru  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letter: In advance of the expiration of Title 42 authorities, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee's Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, led a group of 14 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticizing the Administration's failure to secure the border despite receiving congre  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, joined the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Miss.), Tom Cotto  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letter: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) leads a group of 43 Republican Senators in sending the letter below to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The letter expresses a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. Of the letter, Sen. Lee said, "It is now clear that Senate Republicans aren't going to bail out Biden and Schumer, they have to negotiate. I thank my  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letters: Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ted Budd (R-NC), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR), expressing concerns over "unprecedented a  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on April 26, 2023, entitled "Lessons Learned: 10 Years Since the Boston Marathon Bombings": * * * Thank you, Chair Hassan, for convening this panel. Two of them, at least, are long-term friends. Commissioner Davis and I worked together when he was Superintendent of the   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in addition to Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, today joined in unveiling the Tai  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and 42 other Republican Senators sent the letter below to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The letter expresses a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. * * * Dear Leader Schumer, The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House Republican conferenc  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and a group of 41 Republican colleagues in calling for the Senate to only pass a fiscally responsible increase in the debt limit that is accompanied by spending controls. The debt limit sets the amount of money that the U.S. Department of the Treasury is legally allowed to borrow to pay the country's financial obligations. The n  more