WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Congressman Moore led a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the International Trade Commission to launch a safeguard investigation into whether foreign sheep and mutton imports are presenting serious harm to the domestic lamb industry. In part, the letter reads: "Based on U.S. Department of Agriculture data, consumption of lamb and mutton in the United States increased by nearly  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Today, Congressman Blake Moore's Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters (MAPWaters) Act was considered in a hearing held by the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildfire, and Fisheries. Introduced alongside Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), this bill would improve the standardization, consolidation, and public availability of dat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2023: Today, Rep. John Curtis (UT-03) released the video below reacting to the cancellation of the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corp. The project was slated to be the first small modular reactor (SMR) and generate 462 megawatts of carbon free electricity. "I'm saddened to learn of this projects cancellation," said Rep. Curtis  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: This week, Representative John Curtis (UT-03) introduced the Historic Roadways Protection Act. This legislation will prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from finalizing or implementing new travel management plans in the State of Utah until pending litigation over historic roads is complete. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. "Motorized access to Utah's  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus": "Thank you for joining us today for this very timely and c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Confronting the Scourge of Antisemitism on Campus": "Thank you for joining us today for this very timely and consequential hearing. I want to begin by expressing sympathy for the Jewish members of our community who have fe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, today led a bipartisan hearing with Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Subcommittee Chair, examining federal COVID-era spending. Senator Romney's opening remarks and line of questioning shed light on the amount of waste, frau  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Ahead of President Biden's meeting with Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit today, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) urged the President to implement his legislation to develop a grand strategy to counter China, which was signed into law as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022: "It has been nearly two years since my legislation requiring the Biden  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: For Utahns located in Israel or Gaza in need of assistance, guidance from the State Department can be found here and our office can be reached at (801) 524-4380. WASHINGTON--U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, and Jim Risch (R-ID), SFRC Ranking Member, last week sent a le  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Lee introduced the Shielding Children's Retinas from Egregious Exposure on the Net (SCREEN) Act, a step toward safeguarding minors from the pervasive threat of online pornographic content. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) spearheads the companion bill in the House of Representatives. Despite Congress's ongoing efforts over the past three decades to shield children from online pornography, prior legis  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) announced a transition in his senior staff today. Chief of Staff Allyson Bell will be taking on a new role as senior advisor to Senator Lee, continuing to support his initiatives and policy goals in Utah. Bell's leadership and dedication have been instrumental in advancing the Senator's legislative priorities and constituent services for eight years. Mark Wait, who previously served as dep  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today released the following statement to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the bipartisan infrastructure bill negotiated by Romney and his colleagues: "Two years ago today, I was proud to see our bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law. For decades prior, elected officials had talked a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), ranking member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, last week sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking for clarification on whether the United States invited Hong Kong Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Support grew this week for the Fiscal Stability Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) to strengthen America's fiscal health and stabilize our nation's finances for future generations. The Fiscal Stability Act would create a bicameral fiscal commission tasked with finding legislative solutions to stabilize and decrease our national debt, which now exceed  more