Senator Romney joined 36 of his Republican colleagues, led by Senator Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, in introducing a CRA resolution to overturn President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion.
Senator Romney continued efforts to address the needs of Utah and the country. He joined Congressman Curtis and other colleagues in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support wildfire recovery efforts, saw momentum on his legislation to address threats posed by Chinese-owned technologies like TikTok, and met with stakeholders from Utah for conversations on supporting our state’s economy.
Senators Romney and Bennet (D-CO), with Congressmen Curtis (R-UT) and Garamendi (D-CA), today announced the reintroduction of their bipartisan, bicameral Making Access to Cleanup Happen (MATCH) Act, legislation to expedite disaster cleanup, save taxpayers money, and prevent further disasters.
Senator Romney grilled a Biden Administration official on the President’s recently proposed budget that ignores the real threats to Social Security. He also helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation to develop a strategy in the Black Sea, where a Russian fighter jet recently hit a U.S. drone, and supported a resolution opposing a new Biden rule limiting Americans’ Second Amendment rights. He finished his week in Washington serving his colleagues a Utah favorite: Freshie’s lobster rolls from Park City.
Senator Romney joined Senator Johnson (R-WI) and 14 of their Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Guidance Out of Darkness (GOOD) Act, legislation to require federal agencies to publish their regulatory guidance on the internet in an easily accessible location.
Senator Romney served Freshie’s Lobster Co. from Park City, Utah, at a lunch he hosted today for his fellow Republican senators.
Senator Romney joined Senators Kennedy (R-LA), Marshall (R-KS), and more than 40 Republican senators in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an anti-Second Amendment pistol brace rule.
Senator Romney, member of the Senate HELP Committee, today joined Senators Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member and Chair of the HELP Committee respectively, in requesting input from public health officials, health care providers, and other stakeholders on policies the Committee should consider during the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA).
At a Budget Committee hearing today to discuss the President’s budget, Senator Romney engaged in a heated exchange with OMB Director Shalanda Young who claimed that members of Congress are proposing cutting benefits for current Social Security recipients.
Senators Romney and Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation that would direct the Administration to develop a strategy toward the Black Sea region, which has increasingly become a critical inflection point for European and global security amid Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine.
Senator Romney helped introduce bipartisan legislation to address the threat foreign technologies like TikTok pose to our national security, called for continued support for Ukraine’s military effort against Russia, and met with cybersecurity professionals to discuss Putin’s extensive cyberattacks.
President Biden’s proposed budget is designed to satisfy his base, not to actually become law. Raising corporate taxes would cause companies and good jobs to leave America, as they have in the past. Rather than aggressively beefing up the number of border agents and drug enforcement personnel to counter the fentanyl crisis, he balloons the number of IRS agents.