WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate on Dec. 5, 2023, for the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Exchange Act (S. 1405): * * * S. 1405 would ratify and direct the Department of the Interior (DOI) to implement, within 45 days of enactment, an agreement with the state of Utah. Under the agreement, DOI and the state would exchange about 170,000 acres of land of approximately equal value. Under the bill, any state land conve  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Representative John Curtis (UT-03) cosponsored the Financial Innovation and Technology (FIT) for the 21st Century Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets. "This bill establishes an appropriate framework for regulation of cryptocurrency in a way that fosters innovation and maintains U.S. leadership in blockchain technology while protecting against bad actors like  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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--At a Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing today, the nominee to serve as Deputy Secretary of State committed to personally delivering a comprehensive China strategy to U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT)--legislation he secured into l  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 Nov. 14, 2023, entitled "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 felt endangered, discouraged, and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today applauded an announcement from the Department of Interior that more than $10 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, negotiated by Romney and his colleagues, would be invested in Utah to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects on 43,240 acres of land across the state. This announcement follows the latest report (https://www.rom  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today applauded an announcement from the Department of Transportation that more than $70 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, negotiated by Romney and his colleagues, would be awarded to the Utah Department of Transportation for the I-15 South Iron County Freight, Mobility, and Safety Project. This project will add a northbound climbing lane on I  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced bipartisan legislation to crack down on terrorist organizations—like Hamas—by applying sanctions to foreign parties that facilitate financial transactions with terrorists. Currently, these sanctions are imposed only in limited circumstances, primarily on the terrorist group Hezbo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Disengaging Entirely from the United Nations Debacle (DEFUND) Act, which calls for the United States' complete withdrawal from the United Nations (UN). This legislation confronts imperative issues of national sovereignty and fiscal accountability, which have been persistent points of criticism against the United States involvement in the UN. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX 21) spear  more