The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. Senator Romney cosponsored the bipartisan resolution, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Graham (R-SC) and Chair Durbin (D-IL), with 75 of his Senate colleagues.
Senator Romney, member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Murray (D-WA), Tuberville (R-AL), and Luján (D-NM) in introducing the Poison Control Centers Reauthorization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Poison Control Centers Network program through 2029. Identical legislation cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously in March.
Senator Romney today joined 43 Senate Republican colleagues, led by Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Tillis (R-NC), in introducing a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ rule on the definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms, which ignores the law and congressional intent to try to require anyone who sells a firearm to register as a federal firearm licensee.
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.
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).
The U.S. Senate today passed bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senator Romney that would collectively award a group of Vietnam War veterans known as “Dustoff Crews” with the Congressional Gold Medal.
Senator Romney, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined SFRC Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) and 23 Senate colleagues in introducing the No Official Palestine Entry (NOPE) Act, legislation to update existing law to ensure U.S. assistance does not go to entities that give additional rights and privileges to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
Senators Romney, Kaine (D-VA), and Hagerty (R-TN), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), and Jim Risch (R-ID), SFRC Ranking Member, introduced the Coordinating AUKUS Engagement with Japan Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing the United States’ cooperation with allies in order to combat the growing threat of China.
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.
Senator Romney was recognized as a “Fiscal Hero” for the 118th Congress by Fix the Debt—a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CFRB)—for his bipartisan efforts to rein in the national debt and balance the federal budget.
Senator Romney joined Senator Cotton (R-AR) and 17 of their Republican colleagues in introducing the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation that would make any individual who is convicted of a state or federal offense in connection with a campus protest ineligible for federal student loan relief.
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.