Our federal trust funds are headed toward insolvency. Without legislative action, the Highway Trust Fund, Social Security, and Medicare will be exhausted within the next 13 years. This week, Senator Romney introduced the Time to Rescue United States Trusts (TRUST) Act, which would create congressional committees specifically tasked to develop legislation to restore and strengthen these endangered federal trusts funds. A summary of the legislation can be found here.



In a speech on the Senate Floor, Senator Romney spoke about how it's irresponsible for Congress to keep ignoring a preventable crisis. The TRUST Act would put in place a responsible process now to prevent dramatic cuts to programs or massive tax hikes down the road.



The TRUST Act is also sponsored by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Senators Romney and Manchin spoke to CNBC's Squawk Box about their legislation to rescue federal trusts funds.




We need to make sure the college athletes of today, and athletes in the future, don’t have to sacrifice their time and their bodies without being fairly compensated. If the NCAA
doesn't act, Congress will.



Full story by Dennis Romboy here.



At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of the Honorable John Joseph Sullivan to serve as the Ambassador to Russia, Senator Romney stressed that the U.S. must continue acting to dissuade Russia from interfering in our democratic process.





Senator Romney filed the ENND Act, his legislation to address the vaping crisis, as an amendment to this year's appropriations bill: "We are introducing our ENND Act as an amendment to the appropriations package being considered on the floor today because we simply cannot afford anymore delay in putting our nation’s young people at risk of nicotine addiction." The Senate Health Committee will be holding a hearing in November to examine the response to lung illnesses and rising youth e-cigarette use.



Always chasing a competitor is not a recipe for success. We can't allow China, a country that refuses to play by the rules, to lead in 5G. At a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Senator Romney stressed the need for U.S. innovators to work with international partners to establish our lead with 5G because doing so is of vital importance to our national security and economy.





Senator Romney met with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski to discuss the ways in which the City is leading the way for implementation of clean energy standards.





Senator Romney met with Shantanu Narayen, the CEO of Adobe. The software company, which currently employs nearly 1,500 Utahns, is in the process of expanding its Lehi, UT location to soon employ more than 3,000.





Team Romney celebrated Halloween with a chili cook-off, a viewing of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and Halloween Bingo. Senator Romney did *not* guess the correct number of candy corn in the jar.