Senators Romney, Hassan (D-NH), Warner (D-VA), and Ernst (R-IA) introduced the COVID Spending Transparency Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation that would extend the term of the Treasury Department’s Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)—currently scheduled to sunset at the end of March 2025—for another five years.
With each passing day, China works to expand its geopolitical, military, and economic dominance in the world—seeking to overtake America as the global leader. To address the growing China threat, Senator Romney this week introduced legislation that would counter the CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative, root out its influence in our educational institutions, strengthen our security alliances, and sanction supporters of China’s maritime militia. He also saw his bill to reduce the United States’ dependence on China for critical minerals unanimously pass the Senate and introduced bipartisan legislation to repeal a COVID-era tax credit that has become riddled with fraud.
Senator Romney, along with several of his Republican Senate Foreign Relations Committee colleagues, introduced the STRATEGIC Act of 2024, legislation to set up the United States and its allies and partners for success in the strategic competition against China.
The Senate unanimously passed the Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Senators Romney, Peters (D-MI), and Lankford (R-OK), that would reduce the United States’ reliance on China and adversarial nations for critical minerals.
Senators Romney and Kaine (D-VA) introduced bipartisan legislation that provides the administration with the authority to sanction foreign adversary entities that provide support to China’s maritime militia. The Targeting Illicit Disruption and Encroachment in Seas (TIDES) Act aims to expand our toolkit to respond to China’s use of its maritime militia to exert excessive territorial claims, harass U.S. ships and those of our partners in the South China Sea, and carry out illicit fishing activities.
Senators Romney, Tillis (R-NC), and Manchin (I-WV) introduced Employee Retention Tax Credit Repeal Act, bipartisan legislation that would disallow the processing of Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) claims filed after January 31, 2024, and increase penalties on fraud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjW2vB0e058 WASHINGTON—During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing today on the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) denounced
Senator Romney joined a group of colleagues, led by Senator Barrasso (R-WY), in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States opposing the extreme judicial expansion of the National Environmental Policy Act and supporting the construction of the Uinta Basin Railway, a proposed 88-mile rail line that would connect the oil-rich Uinta Basin region of eastern Utah to the national rail network.
Senator Romney applauded an agreement between Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and the U.S. Department of Commerce to use up to $1.6 billion in funding from the CHIPS and Science Act in support of three 300mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plants (fab) already under construction—including its fab in Utah’s Silicon Slopes. In February 2023, TI announced it had selected Lehi, Utah, as the site of its next fab—bringing an $11 billion investment to the state.
Senator Romney joined a bipartisan group of colleagues, led by Senators Klobuchar (D-MN) and Moran (R-KS), in calling on President Biden to establish a White House Task Force on Global Sporting Events in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2028 and 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and 2031 Rugby World Cup—all of which will take place in various cities and states across the United States over the next decade.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chis Van Hollen (D-MD)—and more than one-third of the Senate—in sending a letter to President
Americans stand united in respect, admiration, and pride for the athletes of Team USA. This week, Senator Romney joined a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the American Olympians competing in Paris, saw his bill to safeguard children from the harms of social media pass the Senate, and introduced legislation to stop the Biden Administration’s unfair student loan cancellation schemes.