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Senator Curtis sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Durbin (D-IL) calling for an investigation into the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign interests.
As part of that investigation, the letter urged the Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify regarding their past business dealings, relationships with foreign individuals and entities, gifts or other benefits they have received, and any instances in which their relationship to the President was invoked or understood to provide value.
Senator Curtis also shared the following statement:
“A toaster is a wedding gift. A private-island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else. Republicans nearly wore out the subpoena machine investigating Hunter Biden’s foreign relationships. We should not unplug it now. ‘Trust us’ was not enough then, and it is not enough now.”
Full story by Annie Linskey and Linsday Wise here.
AI has enormous potential, and it’s critical that the United States continue to lead the world in its development. But innovation and accountability have to go hand in hand. Senator Curtis cosponsored the AI Whistleblower Protection Act, bipartisan legislation led by Senator Grassley (R-IA) to protect employees at artificial intelligence companies who report legal violations, security failures, or risks to public safety, ensuring they can raise legitimate concerns without fear of retaliation.
Full story by Cami Mondeaux here.
Senators Curtis, Padilla (D-CA), Sheehy (R-MT), and Merkley (D-OR) announced the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act, bipartisan legislation designed to reduce the long-term health risks wildland firefighters face from toxic exposures—such as smoke, particulates, and PFAS chemicals—while making it easier to receive medical benefits when injuries or illnesses occur.
During a press conference, Senator Curtis joined the bill’s cosponsors, sharing a recent experience he had meeting with a Utah firefighter who recently received a cancer diagnosis likely attributed to exposure to harmful chemicals while on duty. He also pointed to Utah’s brutal wildfire season—including more than 1,000 fires and over half a million acres burned—and emphasized the need to better protect the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way to keep communities safe.
Full story by Shelby Lofton here.
During an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Senator Curtis highlighted Utah’s growing leadership in nuclear energy and pressed witnesses on the federal government’s responsibility to provide states with regulatory certainty and a clear path for managing nuclear material. Utah was recently down-selected as one of six sites for nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses.
Curtis emphasized that the state’s participation remains exploratory and said federal officials must answer key questions about long-term waste management, state involvement, and how the program will keep pace with technological innovation.
Parents should be able to trust that when their kids jump into a pool, the structure of the pool itself doesn’t pose any hazards. Senators Curtis and Klobuchar (D-MN), members of the Senate Commerce Committee, applauded the Committee’s passage of their bipartisan Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. The bill makes critical updates to the original law that incentivized states to enact pool safety laws, like installing safe drain covers that prevent suction entrapment.
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