‘What would Mitt Romney do?’ His fight is still worth waging.
Mitt Romney took courageous stands on principle, but he also passed a lot into law. ‘What would Mitt Romney do?’ His fight is still worth
12.20.2024
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Romney Reflects on 25-Year Career in Public Service
WASHINGTON—As he prepares to leave the Senate, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) sat down with CNN’s Jake Tapper for a wide-ranging interview on his 25-year
12.16.2024
Romney Delivers Farewell Address from Senate Floor
Senator Romney delivered his farewell address from the floor of the United States Senate. In his remarks, he reflected upon his bipartisan legislative achievements—like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and emergency COVID relief—and encouraged his colleagues to put politics aside to tackle the major challenges facing our country.
12.04.2024
Office of Senator Romney Releases Legislative Accomplishments Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jy3XZpYjns WASHINGTON—The Office of U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today released a report detailing the policy and constituent service accomplishments of Romney’s Senate term. Major
12.03.2024
Romney Introduces Legislation to Reform the Child Tax Credit
Senator Romney introduced the Family Security Act—pro-family, pro-life, and pro-marriage legislation that would modernize and streamline antiquated federal policies into an expanded Child Tax Credit for working families.
09.26.2024
Romney, Manchin, Warner, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Assess U.S. Resilience to Fiscal Shocks
Senators Romney, Manchin (I-WV), Warner (D-VA), and Braun (R-IN) introduced the Reassuring Economic Stability In Light of International, Economic, and Natural Conflicts and Emergencies (RESILIENCE) Act. The bipartisan legislation would require the U.S. Treasury Secretary and OMB Director to conduct annual examinations on the federal government’s ability to respond to hypothetical domestic and international fiscal shocks.
09.25.2024
Romney, Hassan, Warner, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Pandemic Relief Fraud
Senators Romney, Hassan (D-NH), Warner (D-VA), and Ernst (R-IA) introduced the COVID Spending Transparency Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation that would extend the term of the Treasury Department’s Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)—currently scheduled to sunset at the end of March 2025—for another five years.
09.23.2024
Romney, Tillis, Manchin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Repeal COVID-Era Tax Credit Riddled with Fraud
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.
09.18.2024
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 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 Leads Hearing on Cutting Waste, Fraud & Abuse in Federal Government
Senator Romney, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Spending Oversight Subcommittee, and Senator Hassan (D-NH), the Subcommittee’s Chair, today led a hearing to examine the 2024 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on ways to reduce duplication, overlap, and fragmentation within the federal government and save taxpayer dollars. During the hearing, Romney highlighted legislation he introduced with Senator Manchin to require employees of federal agencies to return to in-person work after a recent GAO report found that 17 of 24 federal agency headquarters were operating at an average capacity of 25% or less.
05.15.2024
Romney, Manchin Introduce Bill to Get Federal Workers Back into the Office
Senators Romney and Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Back to Work Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to require employees of federal agencies to return to in-person work.
05.07.2024