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Romney Secures Utah Priorities in Annual Defense Bill

Senator Romney secured several measures in the 2025 NDAA, which passed the Senate Armed Services Committee last month. The bill would authorize funding levels and provides authorities for the U.S. military and other critical defense priorities, ensuring America’s forces have the training, equipment, and resources they need to carry out their missions

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Romney, Colleagues Request Information from DOJ, FDA on New Interagency Task Force to Combat Illegal E-Cigarette Market

Senator Romney joined a group of colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products Director requesting more information about the recently announced interagency task force to combat the illicit sale and distribution of unauthorized e-cigarettes.

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Romney, Kelly Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Wildfire Prevention and Resilience Efforts

Senators Romney and Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Enhancing Mitigation and Building Effective Resilience (EMBER) Act, comprehensive bipartisan legislation based on recommendations from the Wildfire Mitigation and Management Commission—which Senator Romney secured in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—to help communities across the country better assess, prevent, and manage wildfires.

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Romney Sounds Alarm on Pervasive and Growing Illegal E-Cigarette Market

In light of the growing illegal e-cigarette market in the United States, Senator Romney urged FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and Attorney General Merrick Garland—heads of the multi-agency task force to combat the illegal distribution and sale of e-cigarettes—to regain control of the e-cigarette marketplace and help curb the rise of youth vaping.

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Romney Secures Passport Agency for Salt Lake City

After years of efforts to improve in-person consular services for Utahns, Senator Romney welcomed today’s announcement from the State Department that Salt Lake City will be the site of one of the six passport agency expansion locations throughout the country.

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Romney, Colleagues Request Hearing on Threat of Terrorists Exploiting Southern Border

Senator Romney, member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), joined HSGAC Ranking Member Paul (R-KY) and fellow Committee Republicans Johnson (R-WI), Lankford (R-OK), and Marshall (R-KS), in sending a letter to Chairman Peters (D-MI) requesting a hearing to examine the threat of individuals exploiting the southern border for potential terrorist activities.

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