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Last night, Title 42—which allowed the Department of Homeland Security to expel illegal immigrants who have no lawful basis for staying in the country—expired. Senator Romney led several of his Republican colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to complete the border wall, which would help get the national security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border under control—something the Administration has failed to do to date.

The national debt continues to grow at an alarming rate, which poses significant risks to our country’s economic stability and national security, and could jeopardize our ability to make due on programs like Medicare and Social Security. Solving the debt crisis has long been a priority of Senator Romney, and this week he called on his colleagues to move past partisanship and toward compromise.

As Ranking Member of the Homeland Security’s Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, Senator Romney holds a key role in addressing the United States’ capacity to respond to 21st century threats. This week, Senator Romney held a Subcommittee hearing on emergency preparedness and interagency coordination in the 10 years since the Boston Marathon bombing.

This week, Senator Romney grilled members of the Biden Administration on their negligence to address the humanity crisis at our southern border, overt pro-labor union bias, and history of gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars. He also met with key stakeholders from Utah to discuss efforts to address our state’s education, water, economic, and defense industry needs.

Senator Romney met with several groups of local government leaders from across Utah to discuss ways to strengthen communities amid our state’s unique challenges, including its rapid growth and drought conditions. On the national front, the Senator called out Washington Democrats’ hypocrisy on their support for unions at all costs, urged the White House and Congressional leaders to put politics aside to save Social Security, and helped pass a formal to challenge the Biden Administration’s blatant federal power grab of our nation’s waters.

Senator Romney continued efforts to address the needs of Utah and the country. He joined Congressman Curtis and other colleagues in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support wildfire recovery efforts, saw momentum on his legislation to address threats posed by Chinese-owned technologies like TikTok, and met with stakeholders from Utah for conversations on supporting our state’s economy.

Senator Romney grilled a Biden Administration official on the President’s recently proposed budget that ignores the real threats to Social Security. He also helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation to develop a strategy in the Black Sea, where a Russian fighter jet recently hit a U.S. drone, and supported a resolution opposing a new Biden rule limiting Americans’ Second Amendment rights. He finished his week in Washington serving his colleagues a Utah favorite: Freshie’s lobster rolls from Park City.

Senator Romney helped introduce bipartisan legislation to address the threat foreign technologies like TikTok pose to our national security, called for continued support for Ukraine’s military effort against Russia, and met with cybersecurity professionals to discuss Putin’s extensive cyberattacks.

Senator Romney this week worked to advance common sense solutions and ideas that can get our country and state on better footing. He announced his assignments to help lead subcommittees that address China and our national debt, applauded new tranches of funding coming directly to Utah made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and helped introduce legislation to strengthen U.S. relations with Taiwan.

Back home this week, Senator Romney met with several Utah government and business leaders—including members of the state legislature—to discuss progress on key priorities for the Beehive State, including addressing the drought and wildfires; supporting Ukraine; countering the China threat; and building up our infrastructure.

Senator Romney called on his colleagues to take a more effective approach that prioritizes investments which can lower emissions not only in the U.S., but in worse polluting countries like China. He also urged both parties to come together to work toward balancing the budget, applauded a major investment in Utah made possible by a China competition bill he supported, and met with several stakeholders from our state.

Amid heightened tensions with China this week, Senator Romney continued to urge the Administration to develop a comprehensive China strategy, introduced legislation to end the unfair advantages China receives on the global stage, and pushed for American independence on critical mineral production.