WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Yesterday, Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT), alongside Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Dusty Johnson (R-SD), and Sens. Van Hollen (D-MD) and Rubio (R-FL), introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support small business owners who pursue an employee-owned business model. Their Employee Equity Investment Act (EEIA) reduces cost barriers small business owners currently face whe  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Congressman Blake Moore was joined by Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Senator James Risch (R-ID) in reintroducing the Forest Improvements through Research and Emergency Stewardship for Healthy Ecosystem Development and Sustainability (FIRESHEDS) Act, which would allow for the establishment of fireshed management areas. These areas, created in close partnership with state governors, would allow the Secretary   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 11, 2023, entitled "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, we prevailed. Nurses found cr  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, May 24, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled "Breaking the System Part II: Examining the Implications of Biden's Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers." "During the first   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued the following testimony by Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes involving a hearing on May 10, 2023, entitled "ESG Part I: An Examination of Environmental, Social and Governance Practices With Attorneys General": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify before you on the critically important issue of how Environmental Social and Governance ("ESG") factors are distorting our financial system and harming consumers. T  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Employee Rights Act of 2023. The bill seeks to modernize our nation's labor policies to match the needs of the 21st-century worker and workforce. This legislation represents the Republican vision for the future of the American workforce: promoting growth and innovation, ensuring that our laws protect workers rather than union bosses, and allowing Americans to take hom  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the National Right-to-Work Act to preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to refrain from such activities. "Utah is the fastest-growing economy in the nation because our workforce has the right to choose flexible work options, negotiate their terms of employment, and join or leave unions," said Rep. Owe  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) released the following statement in response to Special Counsel John Durham's final report into the FBI's Trump-Russia probe. Rep. Stewart is a member of both the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. "The Durham report is the latest piece of evidence that confirms what many of us have seen clearly for  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 17, 2023: Representatives Blake Moore (UT-01), Danny K. Davis (NH-01), Michelle Steel (CA-45), and Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the Charitable Act to empower Americans to contribute to charitable causes and support local communities. In addition to a broad, nationwide coalition that touches nearly every sector of our economy, the bill is endorsed by more than 100 nonprofits in Utah. The Charitable Act e  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Representatives Blake Moore (UT-01), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), and Don Beyer (VA-08) reintroduced the bipartisan Reservist Pay Equity Act to better incentivize employers to continue to pay members of the National Guard and Reserves while activated. Employers who hire military reservists and National Guard members are not required to pay those servicemembers when they are deployed. However, em  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) co-sponsored the bipartisan resolution, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL), with 76 of his Senate colleagues. "Each day, our men and women in law enforceme  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined a group of colleagues, led by Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Steve Daines (R-MT), in pressing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw its proposed Public Lands Rule. The senators stressed the negative impact the proposal would have on western states, as the rule would undermine the multiple use requirements established by Congress and lock away  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Mitt Romney's (R-UT) University of Utah Research Park Act passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on a unanimous vote. This bill would preserve the University of Utah's nearly 600-acre research park and avoid possible action by the Bureau of Land Management to repurpose the land. Research Park is a center for research and development serving both the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: On the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) joined Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Senate Conference Chairman John Barrasso, House Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, Congressman Dusty Johnson, Senate Conference Vice Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito, and Congressman Chip Roy, along with other members of the House and Senate, for a press conference hosted by Speaker McCarthy. The conference was he  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) joined U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT), and Representatives Chris Stewart (UT-02), John Curtis (UT-03), and Blake Moore (UT-01), introduced the Chemical and Biological Defense Program Improvement Act, legislation to remove a bureaucratic roadblock that prevents the U.S. Army from requesting funding for military construction projects related to chem-bio program fac  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on May 19, 2023: U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT), and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT), John Curtis (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Blake Moore (R-UT), introduced the Chemical and Biological Defense Program Improvement Act, legislation to remove a bureaucratic roadblock that prevents the U.S. Army from requesting funding for military construction projects related to chem-bio program faci  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Blake Moore (R-Utah) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to make it easier for private companies to transfer ownership of the business to their employees. Right now, over 40 percent of U.S. corporate stock is owned by foreign investors, and foreign corporate ownership is set to inc  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent letters to the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of State (State), raising serious concerns about failures of the Departments' tracking and monitoring of U.S.-origin weapons, which undermines efforts to prevent and mitigate  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on May 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and six bipartisan senators today called for stronger protections for the privacy of Americans' letters and packages, in a letter to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) today. Wyden chairs the Senate Finance Committee, and Paul is ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Senators Cynthia Lumm  more