Senator Romney led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in negotiating a COVID-19 preparedness bill that repurposes unused pandemic relief funds and wouldn’t cost the American taxpayer a single additional dollar. Ultimately, this bipartisan COVID bill was hampered by Senate Democrat leadership who refused to allow for any type of amendment process.
Senator Romney joined Senators Mike Lee and John Barrasso in introducing the Helping Open Underutilized Space to Ensure Shelter or HOUSES Act today to help units of local government address housing supply and affordability in their jurisdictions.
Senator Romney joined a bipartisan group of his Foreign Relations Committee colleagues in introducing a resolution to celebrate the life, achievements, and legacy of former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
Senator Romney served as Ranking Member at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing for ambassadorships to Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Norway. During his opening remarks, Romney stressed the importance of America’s involvement in the world in defending the causes of freedom and democracy.
Senator Romney announced that he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Senator Romney announced an agreement on a deal to provide $10 billion in funding for urgent COVID needs and therapeutics by repurposing unspent COVID funds primarily from the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan.
Senator Romney led the Republican effort in the Senate in negotiating a bipartisan COVID-19 preparedness bill that doesn’t increase the debt by repurposing unspent COVID relief funds. Amid the negotiations, Senator Romney warned the Biden Administration of the imminent damage to the economy by ignoring the increasing deficit.
Senators Romney and Markey, Ranking Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, held a hearing titled, “The Assault on Freedom of Expression in Asia.”
During a Budget Committee hearing on President Biden’s $5.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 budget, Senator Romney raised the urgent need to tackle our long-term deficits. Using examples of collapsed economies around the world, like Greece and Italy, Romney warned of economic calamities that the U.S. would face if Washington continues to ignore its out-of-control spending.
Senator Romney joined his colleagues in urging Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to allocate a significant portion of the Department’s recent funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act toward sagebrush ecosystem restoration in the American West.
Senator Romney released a statement after meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the President’s nominee to serve as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Senator Romney joined his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield requesting that she introduce a resolution at the United Nations (UN) to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.