WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Congressman Blake Moore's Lodging Options Developed for Government Employees (LODGE) Act passed the House Committee on Natural Resources. Reintroduced for the 118th Congress with Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), the LODGE Act will cut red tape and provide the National Park Service (NPS) with new authorities and increased flexibility to enter into innovative housing partnerships. It will   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee considered and passed an economic package of tax reform bills to strengthen our economy and provide relief to American families and businesses. Included in the package was Congressman Moore's Small Business Growth Act, which was rolled into H.R. 3937, the Small Business Jobs Act. Congressman Moore's legislation will support small business growth and  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- 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 June 14, 2023: Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities": "Welcome to today's hearing on pos  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Great Salt Lake Water Stewardship Act, critical legislation that addresses the dire ecological crisis facing the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake serves as the cornerstone of the region's ecology and economy, but it currently faces severe drought conditions that threaten its long-term existence. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, the Great   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a groundbreaking bill to repeal a century-old judicially-created exemption that grants Major League Baseball (MLB) a unique advantage over other professional sports leagues when it comes to antitrust laws. The proposed legislation aims to promote fair competition within baseball and ensure a level playing   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 12, 2023: Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored legislation to defend service members who have been discharged for exercising their right to medical privacy by declining to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill would require the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force to reinstate, at their previous rank, the soldiers, sailors, Airmen, and Marines who separated from service following Preside  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following remarks on June 14, 2023: * * * Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (UT-04), delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities": "Welcome to today's hearing on postsecondary innovation and thank you to the witnesses for coming to testify on such an important issu  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT), Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 4144, the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act, which takes a critical step towards addressing the failures of the student loan program by providing a fair, responsi  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today served as Ranking Member at a Senate Homeland Security Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee hearing on how to reduce duplication, overlap, and fragmentation in the federal government and save taxpayer dollars. During his questioning of Eugene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and the head of the GAO, Romney reiterated his re  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today served as Ranking Member at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing for ambassadorships to Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Palau, and Djibouti, and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation. During his questioning, he warned of the threat China poses to our national and global security and asked   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), HELP Ranking Member, along with U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Richard Hudson (R-NC), called on the Biden Administration to bolster oversight of research involving dange  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release and letter on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Barasso, M.D. (R-WY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), JD Vance (R-OH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, joined by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), John Barrasso (R-WY), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Steve Daines (R-MT), today introduced the Sentinel Nuclear Deterrence Act of 2023, legislation to strengthen and solidify the Sentinel program, which  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has advanced the Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act. The bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Gary Peters (D-MI), and James Lankford (R-OK), would reduce the United States' reliance on China and adversarial nations for critical minerals and now moves to the full Senate for consideration. Cri  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Brandon Willis, an assistant professor at Utah State University, involving a hearing on June 7, 2023, entitled "Cultivating Stewardship: Examining the Changing Agricultural Landscape": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, and members of this Committee - thank you for allowing me to testify today on climate-related costs of the agriculture sector. My testimony will focus on crop insurance. My na  more