Press Releases

In order to help compensate essential workers who are necessarily subject to greater risk of COVID-19, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today proposed that they receive Patriot Pay, a temporary bonus of up to $12 per hour in May, June, and July.

SALT LAKE CITY—U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, joined his colleagues in urging the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide an immediate administrative fix to ensure the continued operation of the 7(a) loan program. 
       
Due to a technical drafting error, the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act did not create...

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined his colleagues in urging the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget to direct existing federal advertising funds to support local radio and television broadcasters and newspapers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined his colleagues in sending a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres requesting that the UN convene an independent panel of experts to conduct a review of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) today raised concerns over significant gaps in COVID-19 data reporting which have hampered federal response efforts. In a letter, the senators urged the CDC to expand its capabilities to develop near real-time reporting of outbreaks in order to prepare for a potential second wave of COVID-19, as the CDC Director warned about this week, and any future pandemic.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today issued the following statement on the annual report released by the Social Security and Medicare Trustees projecting that Medicare will become insolvent by 2026 and Social Security will no longer be able to pay full benefits starting in 2035. To address these financial challenges, Senator Romney introduced the TRUST Act.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today released the following statement after the Senate passed an additional $484 billion in funding for small businesses, their workers, and the public health.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today joined his colleagues, led by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and James Risch (R-ID), in calling for the Senate to finally provide much-needed financial certainty during the COVID-19 crisis for rural communities to ensure long-term funding needed for essential services.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined his colleagues, led by Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend assistance to the dairy industry, which has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday announced that they will introduce legislation to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to global health security amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Health Security Act would establish a Global Health Security Interagency Review Council and the United States Coordinator for Global Health Security, appointed by the president from the National Security Council.