U.S. Senator Romney joined Senator Blackburn (R-TN), Leader McConnell (R-KY), and 40 of his Republican colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, supporting respondents in the dual Supreme Court cases challenging Biden’s student-loan debt relief program, Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown.
With the Senate finding its footing in the new Congress, Senator Romney worked to advance several important priorities for Utah and our national security, including strengthening our domestic copper production; opposing federal overreach on Utahns’ water rights; and calling on the Biden Administration to respond appropriately to China’s recent provocations toward the United States.
The Department of the Interior announced the allocation of more than $39 million to continue fulfilling the Navajo Utah Water Settlement, funding which was secured by Senator Romney during negotiations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Senator Romney joined a bipartisan letter, led by Senator Sinema, urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to designate copper as an official U.S. Geological Survey Critical Mineral, emphasizing new analysis, and its well-documented importance to national security, water infrastructure, electrical and clean energy infrastructure, and more.
Senator Romney cosponsored a resolution introduced by Senator Cotton formally disapproving of the District of Columbia Council approving legislation that would let illegal immigrants vote in D.C. local elections. Rep. Comer introduced the joint resolution in the House.
Senator Romney joined all 48 of his Republican colleagues, led by EPW Committee Ranking Member Capito, in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.
Senator Romney joined his colleagues in introducing a resolution of disapproval challenging President Biden’s ESG rule, which politicizes millions of Americans’ retirement investments to favor Biden’s ideological preferences rather than getting the best returns for Americans.
Senator Romney joined a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues in urging the Administration to continue support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to millions of seniors and individuals with disabilities across the United States.
Senator Mitt Romney joined a bipartisan group of colleagues, led by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra condemning the delays by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarettes, failure to enforce the law and take action against companies marketing illegal vaping products, and the harm to children’s health from the agency’s inaction.
Senator Romney joined KUTV for a wide-ranging interview on the debt ceiling, his TRUST Act, and his priorities for the 118th Congress.
More than ever, I’m committed to advancing legislative objectives that I believe are most critical—these priorities reflect my perspective on serving in the Senate: I didn’t come to Washington just to “fight” and lose, I came to win and deliver real results for Utah and our nation.
Senator Romney today joined his colleagues, led by Senator Wicker, in reintroducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation would establish a permanent prohibition on federal funding for abortion, replacing the current restrictions with a single, government-wide standard.