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
Senator Romney joined 47 of his Senate Republican colleagues—led by Senator Cotton (R-AR)—in sending a letter to President Biden, protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The senators urged the President to cease accommodating Iran, stop jeopardizing the lives of American servicemembers, and to deliver the necessary weapons systems to Israel.
Senator Romney led Senators Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Tillis (R-NC) in re-introducing the Student Loan Accountability Act, legislation to prohibit the Biden Administration from cancelling student loan debt at the expense of millions of Americans who chose to not go to college or worked diligently to pay off any student debt.
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Romney to provide young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency they need to protect against online harm to minors.