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Romney Joins Britt, Cruz, Colleagues in Reaffirming Support for Continued IVF Access Nationwide

“Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics—a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and available in every state across our nation,” the senators said. “We strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF, which has allowed millions of aspiring parents to start and grow their families.”

06.13.2024

Romney Highlights & Garners Support for His One Door to Work Act

At a HELP Committee hearing on reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Senator Romney highlighted the importance of his legislation to lift people out of the social safety net and into the workforce. Romney’s One Door to Work Act would allow states the flexibility to implement Utah’s successful model of consolidating federal workforce development and social safety net programs within a single state entity—like Utah’s Department of Workforce Services—to help unemployed workers reintegrate more quickly into the workforce.

06.12.2024

Romney, Kelly Introduce Legislation to Shore Up U.S. Military Supply Chains in Indo-Pacific

Senator Romney, Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, and Senator Kelly (D-AZ), member of the Armed Services Committee, teamed up to introduce the Bolstering Indo-Pacific Capabilities Act, bipartisan legislation that would shore up U.S. military logistics lines and improve readiness, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.

06.11.2024

Romney, Rosen Introduce Bill to Keep Drones Out of the Hands of Foreign Terrorists

Senators Romney and Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Combating Foreign Terrorist Drones Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing foreign terrorists—such as Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and Iran-backed groups like the Houthis—from acquiring unmanned aerial systems, or drones, to conduct attacks, collect intelligence, and deliver weapons or supplies.

06.11.2024

Romney, Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Promote Investment in Technology Critical to National Defense

Senators Romney and Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the Investing in Our Defense Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to promote investment in technology vital to U.S. national security by strengthening the authorities of the Department of Defense Office of Strategic Capital (OSC). The legislation would allow OSC to make limited equity investments in technology and assets critical to our defense—including critical minerals.

06.11.2024

Romney, Colleagues Criticize Democrats’ Stunt Contraception Bill, Attacks on Religious Freedoms

Senator Romney joined Senator Scott (R-FL) and 20 of their Republican colleagues in issuing a statement criticizing Senate Democrats for pushing stunt legislation, the Right to Contraception Act, which fearmongers and misleads the public on the accessibility of contraception and threatens the religious freedoms and parental rights of millions of Americans.

06.05.2024

Romney, Colleagues Urge Prime Minster Trudeau to Increase NATO Defense Spending

Senator Romney, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Shaheen (D-NH) and Tillis (R-NC), 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 that was agreed to by all NATO Allies at the Vilnius Summit in 2023.

05.23.2024

Secretary Blinken Personally Commits to Follow Through on Delivering Romney’s Comprehensive China Strategy

At a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Senator Romney pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Administration’s continued failure to deliver to Congress a comprehensive strategy to counter China, required by law after 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 delivering the strategy.

05.21.2024

Romney Joins Bicameral Letter Urging Biden Administration to Withdraw Latest $147 Billion Student Loan Transfer Scheme

Senator Romney, member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), HELP Committee Ranking Member, and Representative 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 taxpayers. DeptEd’s proposed rule will cost hardworking Americans an additional $147 billion and bring the total student loan debt transferred to taxpayers to as much as $1 trillion.

05.20.2024

Romney Commemorates National Police Week, Honors Fallen Santaquin Sergeant Bill Hooser

The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. Senator Romney cosponsored the bipartisan resolution, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Graham (R-SC) and Chair Durbin (D-IL), with 75 of his Senate colleagues.

05.17.2024

Romney, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Poison Control Centers Network

Senator Romney, member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Murray (D-WA), Tuberville (R-AL), and Luján (D-NM) in introducing the Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Poison Control Centers Network program through 2029. Identical legislation cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously in March.

05.16.2024

Romney Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution to Block Biden ATF Rule

Senator Romney today joined 43 Senate Republican colleagues, led by Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Tillis (R-NC), in introducing a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ rule on the definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms, which ignores the law and congressional intent to try to require anyone who sells a firearm to register as a federal firearm licensee.

05.15.2024

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