Press Releases

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined a bipartisan letter led by SFRC Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), and Committee member Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the immediate appointment of a senior-level official to lead efforts on anomalous health incidents following the resignation of Pamela Spratlen. In the letter, the senators asked that this position report directly to...

Today, Senator Mitt Romney joined a bicameral group of colleagues, led by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), calling on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to renew the National Coal Council (NCC).

U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT), John Curtis (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Blake Moore (R-UT) issued the following joint statement in response to the Biden Administration's decision to re-expand the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Senator Romney released the following statement after the House blocked a vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which would help Utah expand its roads, mitigate drought conditions, fulfill critical water needs, and prepare for and respond to wildfires. This historic investment is fully paid for and will not increase taxes.

In response to the harmful tax penalties for married couples included in the Democrats’ “Human Infrastructure” bill, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today led his colleagues in a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) to remove any proposals that would discourage marriage.

Today, during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) challenged proposals in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” bill to make Americans more dependent on the federal government – from early childhood through community college. Senator Romney specifically highlighted how the Democrats’ plan for these programs does not make them permanent—but the tax increases are—and that families will start to rely on them, only for them to disappear...

Today, U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) issued the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed the vote on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) voiced his opposition to the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Senator Romney cited Stone-Manning’s past involvement in eco-terrorism and believes that her attempt to conceal her participation in these activities from the Senate disqualifies her from serving as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Senator Romney joined his colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the Biden Administration’s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), expressing concern over the FDA’s delay in issuing a decision on whether companies with the largest shares of the e-cigarette market can keep selling their products. In their letter, the senators also call on the FDA to provide clarity on menthol e-cigarettes, which...