Senators Romney and Risch today urged the Biden Administration to begin the process of implementing Romney’s legislation which was included in the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2022. Romney’s amendment requires the United States to develop a grand strategy to address the new era of geostrategic and geoeconomic competition with China.
Senator Romney today announced he will vote to advance the Respect for Marriage Act. He also plans to support a bipartisan amendment offered by Senators Baldwin, Collins, Sinema, and Tillis to strengthen religious liberty protections in the bill. On Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced support for this approach.
Senator Romney joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister ahead of planned peace talks led by the African Union set to begin tomorrow. In their bipartisan letter, the Senators welcome the Government of Ethiopia’s decision to participate in peace talks in South Africa and urge a cessation of hostilities and unfettered humanitarian access ahead of, and for the duration of, the negotiations.
Senator Romney released a statement regarding the nomination of Justin Martinez for United States Marshal for the District of Utah.
Senator Romney today released a statement regarding President Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS).
SALT LAKE CITY—U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has named Mandee Grant to serve as his next Utah State Director. Grant previously served as Senator Romney’s
“Today, Putin threatened nuclear warfare—a murderous, redefining, reorienting geopolitical act. The Biden Administration and our allies must make clear to China that a Russian nuclear attack would align them with a global pariah and result in severe economic consequences. The end of Soviet-era containment and the opening of trade propelled China’s economy and dramatically reduced poverty. If Russia uses nuclear weapons, peaceful and responsible nations would be forced to turn back the clock for those aligned with a nuclear terror state.”
Senator Romney today welcomed an announcement from the Department of the Interior that it has invested more than $5.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Utah on 24,490 acres of land across the state.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $63 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to Utah for water infrastructure improvements. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates more than $50 billion to EPA toward repairing the nation’s essential water infrastructure, which helps communities access clean, safe and reliable drinking water, increase resilience, collect and treat wastewater to protect public health, clean up pollution and safeguard vital waterways.
Bipartisan legislation authored by Senators Romney, Peters, Burr, and Hagerty to ensure government agencies are properly using and recycling batteries from the federal fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) has passed the Senate. Properly recycling EV batteries can help recover valuable minerals like cobalt that are essential to the production of these batteries, but are often sourced from entities with ties to foreign adversaries like the Chinese government.
Senator Romney released a statement regarding his measure to create a report on the geographical diversity of the United States’ passport agencies. In a letter to Secretary Blinken, Romney previously urged the State Department to improve their passport services by opening a passport agency in Salt Lake City.
Senate Republicans are expressing concerns with the establishment of a permanent government price-setting program in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act and raising questions regarding federal health agencies’ plans for program implementation.