WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- 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 July 27, 2023, entitled "Lowering Costs and Increasing Value for Students, Institutions, and Taxpayers": * * * Deeply embedded in the American psyche is the idea that colleges and universities provide valuable education that offers the best pathway to realizing the American Dream. T  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Aug. 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) released the following statement in response to President Biden's announcement to designate land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument, which will have detrimental impacts Utah's miners and ranchers. "National monuments have become a political football tossed back and forth as presidential administrations change. President Biden's proclamation   more