WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Congressman Blake Moore (R-UT) introduced the Court Improvement Program Enhancement Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to enhance the Court Improvement Program (CIP) so courts can promote quality care and improved outcomes for children and families. Congressman Moore was joined by Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) in introducing this legislation. The Court Improvement Program E  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: "There's nothing clean about this bill . . . It leaves Missouri filthy, dirty with nuclear radiation." Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the so-called "clean" extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah). Senator Hawley objected to the proposal which would have extended the program without any additional coverage for the hundreds of thousand  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Today, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act, which directs the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to leverage technology to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of reviews on outdated and redundant regulations. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT). Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is leading the compa  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and four others in raising serious concerns to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission that Formula One (F1) may be violating U.S. antitrust laws in their refusal to allow the participation of an American team, Team Andretti Cadillac, in the F1 Championship series. The Senators wrote t  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (UT-04), Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) sent a letter to Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Executive Secretary Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish after recent reports revealed tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Higher Education and Workforce Development Chair Burgess Owens (UT-04) participated in a full Committee hearing with the presidents of Northwestern, Rutgers, and UCLA titled "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos." During the hearing, Rep. Owens pressed Northwestern University President Michael Schill on the treatment of students who participated in anti-Israel encampments, including   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and House Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore (R-Utah) to discuss the House's action to stop non-citizens from voting in federal elections. Leader Scalise also spoke out against the shameful and ridiculous actions of the International Criminal Court and pledged that  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), HELP Committee Ranking Member, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, in urging the Department of Education (DeptEd) to withdraw its latest attempt to transfer student loan debt onto American taxpa  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observers Group, and a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging Canada to immediately develop a plan to increase its defense spending to meet the two percent of GDP spending threshold tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and House Conference Vice Chair Blake Moore (R-Utah) to discuss the House's action to stop non-citizens from voting in federal elections. Leader Scalise also spoke out against the shameful and ridiculous actions of the International Crimina  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Today, at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Administration's continued failure to deliver to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter China, required by lawafter Romney secured his legislation as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. The Administration is now nearly one year late in d  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) called on the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan to investigate the exclusion of Andretti Formula Racing, LLC ("Team Andretti-Cadillac") from entering the Formula One (F1) Championship series. Team Andretti-Cadillac is an Ameri  more