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
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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, 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 Delivers Remarks at Health Committee Hearing on Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjW2vB0e058 WASHINGTON—During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing today on the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) denounced
09.12.2024
Senate Passes Romney-Sponsored Legislation to Protect Youth from Online Harm
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Romney to provide young people and parents with the tools, safeguards, and transparency they need to protect against online harm to minors.
07.30.2024
Romney Joins Colleagues in Pushing Back on Biden Admin’s Attempt to Ignore Science in Effort to Reschedule Marijuana
Senator Romney joined colleagues, led by Senator Lankford, in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling out the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposed rule to move marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs to Schedule III.
07.19.2024
Romney, Colleagues Request Information from DOJ, FDA on New Interagency Task Force to Combat Illegal E-Cigarette Market
Senator Romney joined a group of colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products Director requesting more information about the recently announced interagency task force to combat the illicit sale and distribution of unauthorized e-cigarettes.
06.27.2024
Romney Sounds Alarm on Pervasive and Growing Illegal E-Cigarette Market
In light of the growing illegal e-cigarette market in the United States, Senator Romney urged FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and Attorney General Merrick Garland—heads of the multi-agency task force to combat the illegal distribution and sale of e-cigarettes—to regain control of the e-cigarette marketplace and help curb the rise of youth vaping.
06.18.2024
Romney Joins Britt, Cruz, Colleagues in Reaffirming Support for Continued IVF Access Nationwide
“Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics—a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and available in every state across our nation,” the senators said. “We strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF, which has allowed millions of aspiring parents to start and grow their families.”
06.13.2024
Romney: We do well in a world where there is freedom and democracy
Senator Romney joined ABC4 Utah’s Inside Utah Politics with Brian McElhatten to raise the importance of American leadership in global affairs—including providing support to Ukraine and competing strategically with China. Senator Romney argued that providing military aid to Ukraine is in the United States’ best interest because it will help deter Russia from invading other countries, including NATO members, which could draw the U.S. into greater conflict. The interview concluded with the Senator’s efforts to push federal agencies to take greater action to understand and contain the outbreak of the bird flu virus (H5N1).
05.13.2024
Romney Calls for Action to Stop Rapid Spread of Bird Flu Virus
Senator Romney, member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and CDC Director Mandy Cohen raising concern with the agencies’ inaction to understand and contain the outbreak of the bird flu virus (H5N1)—especially given the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and recent baby formula shortage.
05.02.2024