Speeches

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding his amendment to the defense bill to prevent the withdrawal of U.S. troops deployed to Germany. He was joined by his colleagues in introducing the legislation to the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last month.

Countless Utahns have stepped up to serve our state and our country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their actions are inspiring, and they help save lives. I rise today to recognize some of these great efforts.

Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) today spoke on the Senate floor to commemorate the leading role of Utahns in the fight for women’s suffrage. After Romney concluded his remarks, the Senate unanimously passed the resolution he introduced with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) recognizing Utah’s leading role in the suffrage movement and celebrating the sesquicentennial of the first votes by women under an equal suffrage law on February 14, 1870.

Senator Mitt Romney delivered remarks on the Senate floor outlining his thoughts on the impeachment vote.

Senator Mitt Romney delivers remarks on increasing Chinese aggression and the need for international partnerships to pressure the regime to play by the global rules at the International Democrat Union (IDU) Forum. These remarks appear as delivered.

These two problems have been spoken about for, I think, virtually decades here in this chamber and across the political spectrum. One relates to preserving our extraordinary entitlement programs: Social Security, Medicare, our Highway Trust Fund, and the like. These programs are very much under threat because within 13 years, each of these trust funds, each of these programs, will face insolvency. 

In a speech on the Senate floor, Senator Mitt Romney, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, spoke on the Administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria and the temporary ceasefire with Turkey.

Senator Romney urges his colleagues to support his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), reaffirming the authority of the United States to defend itself and protect U.S. citizens.

During his maiden speech on the floor of the United States Senate, U.S. Senator Mitt Romney addressed the need for a strategy to confront the challenges China poses to the United States.