WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024: * * * Yesterday, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) voted in favor of the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. Following the vote, Curtis issued a statement and made additional comments in the video below: "I was proud to support the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as one of my first votes in Congress, which helped Utah's families keep more of their hard-earned money and allow busin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee passed the College Cost Reduction Act, which includes an amendment by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee. Owens' amendment clarifies the calculation of reimbursement payments, improves college transparency provisions, and changes the funding structure of the PROMISE program. "The Coll  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Today, Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI), members of the House Committee on Small Business, introduced The WOSB Integrity Act of 2024. This bill would require the Small Business Administration (SBA) and third-party, certifying entities to take reasonable action to verify that women-owned small businesses meet the SBA's small business size standards for receiving federa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy led the Utah Delegation comprised of Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) as well as Representatives John Curtis (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), and Burgess Owens (R-UT) in a letter elevating Washington County and UDOT's concerns over the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife's decision to do a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) introduced legislation to prevent states from being punished for wildfire emissions. This legislation provides automatic waivers for air quality monitoring data that is directly due to catastrophic wildfires, ensuring Utah is not punished for emissions outside their control, and that are often on federal lands. "Western States are disproportionally effe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy applauded the passage of the WOSB Integrity Act of 2024 (https://maloy.house.gov/uploadedfiles/wosb_integrity_act.pdf) through the House Committee on Small Business. "This critical piece of legislation will ensure that only true, small businesses owned by women can access the full benefits of the WOSB contracting program," said Rep. Maloy. "I'm grateful to my  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Higher Education and Workforce Development Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04) introduced the Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act, legislation to ensure the Department of Education does not needlessly slow or impede institutions of higher education that are actively changing ownership or converting from for-profit to nonprofit or public status. "Ensuring our higher education institutions can evolve effi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee included the Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act, introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), in H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, which passed out of committee with bipartisan support. Owens' legislation sets forth clearer procedures for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in developing water qual  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: In response to the Department of Education's announcement today that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) implementation would be delayed by at least another 30 days, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04) and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) sent a letter to Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding ans  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined his colleagues, led by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to protect children from the dangers of e-cigarettes. The Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act would require e-cigarette manufacturers to pay user fees to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help conduct stronger oversight of the e-cigarette industry and increase awareness f  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, joined HSGAC Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI), Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and U.S. Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), in introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help prevent foreign adversaries from stealing s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Today, amidst a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis," Sen. Mike Lee announced the introduction of the Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking (PROTECT) Act. This legislation addresses the pressing issue of online sexual exploitation and imposes stringent requirements on internet service providers.  The PROTECT Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Determining Excessive Funding for the United Nations for Dereliction (DEFUND) Act to force the State Department to rank United Nations (UN) agencies on how vital U.S. involvement is to our interests. The introduction of this bill comes on the heels of a probe into employees of the UN's United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRW  more