WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Celeste Maloy (UT-02) reintroduced the Daylight Act, legislation that would allow states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round. "Americans are tired of springing forward and losing sleep and falling back and losing sunlight. Dozens of states, including Utah, have already passed laws to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The federal government needs to get out of   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Yesterday, Representative John Curtis introduced the Combatting China's Pilfering of Intellectual Property (CCP IP) Act to pressure the Chinese Communist Party until they end their state strategy of stealing the intellectual property (IP) of American companies. "I have heard from numerous constituents that saw their IP stolen by China, frequently resulting in copycat products being sold on  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- 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 March 7, 2024, entitled "Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses." DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. * * * Today's hearing addresses a long-growing cancer that resides at the heart of American academic institutions. Unfortunately,  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification": "The world of college sports  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * A week after the House Budget Committee passed its Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution, President Biden released his budget full of tax hikes, inflationary spending, and steep deficits. Congressman Blake Moore (R-Utah) issued the following statement on the President's budget and the need to implement responsible spending reforms outlined in the Budget Committee's plan: "Our nation's federa  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: The Mountain View Corridor Completion Act, introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), has passed out of the House Committee on Natural Resources, initiating the third and final phase of the Mountain View Corridor. The legislation directs the transfer of 36 acres of federal lands, within the Bureau of Land Management's control, to the state of Utah to finalize this transportation project, 15 years in the making  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Chair, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, during today's joint hearing titled "Safeguarding Student-Athletes from NLRB Misclassification." "The world of college sports is in a transformational period. In 2021, the Supreme Court decided NCAA vs Alston and ushered college s  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in support of greater competition for regulated banks in Utah and across the country. In a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) members, the senators urged fair consideration of applications for deposit insurance made by industrial loan companies (ILC) and voiced their opposition to regulatory acti  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: At a Budget Committee hearing today to discuss the President's budget proposal, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) railed against the unserious nature of the Committee in the midst of our country's debt crisis. Out of the 29 Budget Committee hearings this Congress, only three have dealt with the topic of the budget--while 14 of them have been on climate change. He urged the Committee to address t  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) today led a group of 19 senators in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to nullify the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) so-called "Digital Discrimination" order. The order, whi  more