Foreign Policy & National Security

Senators Romney and Lee (R-UT), with Representatives Stewart (R-UT), Curtis (R-UT), Owens (R-UT), and Moore (R-UT) introduced the Chemical and Biological Defense Program Improvement Act, legislation to remove a bureaucratic roadblock that prevents the U.S. Army from requesting funding for military construction projects related to chem-bio program facilities like those at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground.

The U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. U.S. Senator Romney co-sponsored the bipartisan resolution, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Graham (R-SC) and Chair Durbin (D-IL), with 76 of his Senate colleagues.

At a Foreign Relations Committee hearing to discuss what comes next for U.S. policy towards Russia, Senator Romney recalled the success of our Soviet Union strategy and asked the witnesses to detail potential pressure points for Russia and Putin. Romney argued that we must then apply more effort to those pressure points should the U.S., in lockstep with our allies, be successful at preventing Putin’s goal of re-establishing the old Soviet Union.

In advance of the expiration of Title 42 authorities Senator Romney led a group of 14 of his colleagues in sending a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticizing the Administration’s failure to secure the border despite receiving congressionally-appropriated funds to continue construction of the border wall.

Senator Romney led a hearing to consider the State Department’s FY 2024 Budget Request for East Asia and the Pacific. The 2022 NDAA included legislation from Romney requiring the Administration to create a grand China strategy. During today’s hearing, he urged witnesses to follow through on creating a strategy that is more comprehensive than principles that have been publicly outlined by officials, as well as bipartisan and lasting in nature.

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel (May 14).

Senator Mitt Romney joined the bipartisan American Security Drone Act of 2023, legislation to prohibit the purchase of drones from countries identified as national security threats, such as China.

Senator Romney, Ranking Member of Homeland Security’s Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, along with Senator Hassan (D-NH), the Subcommittee’s Chair, today led a hearing focused on the Boston Marathon bombing and its impacts on emergency preparedness and homeland security in the decade since the attack.

Members Of Congress Call On U.S. State Department To Designate Russian Dissident And U.S. Legal Permanent Resident As Wrongfully Detained WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT)