WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today voted to advance bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) that would help prevent foreign adversaries from stealing sensitive American genetic data and personal health information. The Prohibiting Foreign Access to American Genetic Information Act of 2024 would ban all biotechnology companies that   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Last week, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) cosponsored the Republican Study Committee's (RSC) comprehensive China bill, the Countering Communist China Act. The bill counters the malign influence and theft perpetuated by the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. Curtis introduced the bill alongside RSC Chair Kevin Hern and RSC National Security Task Force Chairman Joe W  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) voted to force Tik Tok to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese Communist Party parent company during a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup. H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act protects Americans and prevents foreign adversaries, such as China, from targeting, surveilling, and manipulating the Amer  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with members of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Sierra Club to discuss protecting lands and wilderness areas across the country. During their meeting, Durbin spoke about his legislation, the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, which would protect more than eight million acres of land in   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Representatives Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Ron Estes (KS-04), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Russ Fulcher (ID-01), and Andy Biggs (AZ-05) have reintroduced the Water Rights Protection Act to prevent the federal government from seizing privately owned waters. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced a companion piece of legislation in the Senate. "According to the Utah Constitution,  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following statement on March 6, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY24. Congresswoman Celeste Maloy voted in favor of this spending package. Following the vote, she released this statement: "I voted for the first package of spending bills, because I think it's a good step toward a better budgeting process. This is not a 7,000-page omnibus package negotiated behind cl  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Collins (GA-10) mandating ICE to detain illegal migrants charged with theft, burglary, larceny, or shoplifting according to local jurisdiction. The bill also empowers State Attorneys General to seek injunctive relief against the Secretary of Homeland Security for immigration actions detrimental to their state or ci  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) helped introduce the Safe Passage on Interstates Act, legislation to criminalize any intentional obstruction of highways that occurs without proper authorization. "Over the weekend, hundreds of pro-Palestine protestors in Utah shut down a highway overpass and blocked traffic - just the latest in a pattern of senseless disruptions across the nation," said Rep. Owens. "Americans ar  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), Celeste Maloy (R-Utah), Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado), Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) and Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) have reintroduced the Water Rights Protection Act to prevent the federal government from seizing privately owned waters. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced a companion piece of legislation in the Senate. "Kansas ranchers and fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: On Tuesday, March 12, at 10:15 a.m. ET, the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (VA-05), will hold a joint hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification." "As a former college athlete, I understand the challenge of  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today introduced Nancy Espinosa, National Commander of the Disabled Americans Veterans (DAV) and a constituent from Kaysville, Utah, at a joint hearing held by the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees to better understand the legislative priorities of the DAV and its members. Last November, Senator Romney met with Commander Espinosa to discuss efforts to increase support for di  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined a bipartisan group of colleagues, led by Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), in urging Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish Vazirani to encourage collaboration between the Department of Defense and the Departments of Education and Labor to better recognize military service and enlistment as rewarding and successful career optio  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) made the following comments after President Biden's State of the Union address. A transcript of Senator Romney's remarks are below. Well, I just got back from listening to the State of the Union address by President Biden. I was in the chamber, as you may know. I think on foreign policy, he did a good job. It is very much in America's interest to see Ukraine push back against Putin  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined HELP Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and 30 Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Department of Labor's (DOL) final worker classification rule that jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined HELP Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and 30 Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Department of Labor's (DOL) final worker classification rule that jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined HELP Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and 15 Republican colleagues in sending a letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Monica Bertagnolli, M.D. raising serious concerns with the Biden Administration's proposal that attempts to allow agencies to seize drug patents fro  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "A Nation on Fire: Responding to the Increasing Wildfire Threat" at 10 a.m. on March 14, 2024, at 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses: * LORI MOORE-MERRELL, DRPH, Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Homeland Security * DAVID W. FOGERSON, Chief, Division on Emergency Management and Off  more