Press Releases

Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) today introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Deadline Extension Adjustment for Loans (DEAL) Act. The PPP DEAL Act would extend the loan forgiveness period from 8 to 16 weeks and amend the rehire date from June 30th to 16 weeks after the PPP loan is awarded.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and 86 other colleagues, in introducing a resolution to commemorate National Police Week 2020. The resolution, among other things, honors the life of Provo Police Officer Joseph Shinners, who gave his life in the line of duty on January 5, 2019.

At a Senate health committee hearing today on the federal government’s response to COVID-19, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) pressed health leaders on the progress on a vaccine for the American public and the need for comprehensive, current data on COVID-19 to better equip the country to reopen and handle future pandemics.

At a Senate health committee hearing today on the federal government’s response to COVID-19, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) pressed health leaders on the progress on a vaccine for the American public and the need for comprehensive data about the spread and infection rates of COVID-19.

U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jim Risch (R-ID), Todd Young (R-IN), David Perdue (R-GA), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced the Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2020 (MAR Act) to review and improve the accountability and effectiveness of U.S. participation in international organizations. The MAR Act would establish an interagency task force with peer review to conduct an evaluation of how well multilateral institutions carry out their missions and how they serve American interests and...

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.