WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to end the U.S. Department of Commerce's pause on issuing new export licenses for American firearms manufacturers. This pause, initiated on October 27, 2023, purportedly to enhance national security interests, has instead inflicted financial harm on numerous businesses without   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Yesterday, the House passed a nuclear energy package including the Advanced Nuclear Reactor Prize Act introduced by Representative John R. Curtis (R-UT). The bill authorizes the Secretary of Energy to award grants to cover fees assessed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "The costs and red tape associated with our permitting process are proving to be duplicative and ineffective," said Rep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the former and current chairmen, respectively, of the Senate Judiciary Committee reintroduced the Inspector General Access Act alongside their committee colleague, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). The bipartisan bill would close a loophole that precludes the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General (DOJ OIG) from investigating alleged DOJ attorne  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: On Thursday, March 7, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled "Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses." "As a child growing up in segregation, I e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General to include alleged DOJ attorney misconduct. Currently, the DOJ Inspector General (IG) has no authority to investigate professional misconduct by DOJ lawyers. DOJ is the only agency whose IG has such a jurisdictional carve-out. The Inspector Ge  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, Representative Celeste Maloy voted against continuing resolution H.R. 7463 - Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024. She released the following statement after the vote: "It's past time for us to vote on spending bills for fiscal year 2024, which is nearly halfway over. The last time Congress passed a budget was when Nancy Pelosi was Speaker of the House  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Today, the House of Representatives passed The WOSB Integrity Act of 2024 introduced by Representatives Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Hillary Scholten (D-MI). This bipartisan bill would ensure federal contracting dollars intended for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) are awarded to those firms that meet the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) small business size standards. "This piece of legislation is n  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (UT-04) joined Reps. Glenn Grothman (WI-06) and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) to introduce the Empowering Learners through Competency-Based Education Act, which will assist universities in cultivating learning environments that will allow students to learn at their own pace, called competency-based education (CBE), in an effort to more quickly lead  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: On Thursday, March 7, at 10:15 a.m. ET, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), will hold a hearing titled "Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses." "Growing up in segregation, bathrooms, water fountains, and schools were separate. While America has made significant strides, it's appalling to   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore (R-Utah), and Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas) to discuss President Biden's open border crisis and its deadly consequences for communities across America. In the wake of Laken Riley's murder by a previously charged illegal immi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter urging the Biden administration to end the Department of Commerce's pause on issuing new export licenses for American firearms manufacturers. This pause, initiated on October 27, 2023, purportedly to enhance national security interests, has instead inflicted financial harm on numerous businesses without tangible securit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today introduced the One Door to Work Act, legislation which would allow states the flexibility to implement Utah's successful model of consolidating federal workforce development and social safety net programs within a single state entity--like Utah's Department of Workforce Services--to help unemployed workers reintegrate more quickly into the workforce. Representati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today issued the following statement regarding Leader Mitch McConnell's announcement that he will step down as Senate Republican Leader in November:"No senator in memory has demonstrated more respect for the institution of the Senate than Leader Mitch McConnell. He has defended it against attack by people from both parties."Leader McConnell has been steadfast in his de  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: During a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today on Iran's proxy network in the Middle East, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) questioned the Biden Administration's logic for not fully enforcing sanctions against Iran amid attacks by various Iranian proxy groups on United States and partner forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. Senator Romney also expressed disappointment that no government officia  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) yesterday joined CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins to warn that walking away from Ukraine would threaten our own security and jeopardize the United States' role as leader of the free world. Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine--and the invasion of a NATO nation will pull the U.S. into conflict. Furthermore, failure to stand united with our friends and allies would give an o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last week led Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in sending a letter to President Biden expressing concerns over th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Feb. 29, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: I. Nominees * Ann Marie McIff Allen, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah * Susan M. Bazis, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska * Ernest Gonzalez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas * Kelly Harrison Rankin, to be United S  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7463 - Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2024. Following the vote, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) issued the following statement: "Last November, I supported a continuing resolution (CR) to give Speaker Johnson the opportunity to unite the conference around a plan to rein in our out-of-control spending while r  more