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Scientific data, not teachers unions, should dictate the re-opening of our country's schools. During a Senate Health Committee hearing, the Biden Administration's nominee for Deputy Secretary of Education confirmed that data shows no significant difference in COVID-19 infection rates in communities where schools are open. It's high time we get our children back in school—those that can re-open safely should do so.
Full story by Dennis Romboy here.
Raising society's children is some of the most important work one will ever do, yet many Americans are delaying childbirth or having fewer children because of the cost. This has led to birth rates being at an all-time low. Senator Romney joined Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist, and Rick Larsen, President and CEO of the Sutherland Institute, to discuss the Family Security Act—his proposal to provide greater financial security for American families by streamlining existing family policies to create one universal child benefit.
Full story by Dennis Romboy here.
Senator Romney released the following statement about the crisis at our southern border: "The Biden administration’s lack of understanding of the power of incentives continues to baffle me: allowing unaccompanied minors to stay in the U.S. will yield a flood of unaccompanied minors. It’s de facto ‘child separation policy’." This statement follows his request last week for GAO's legal opinion on whether the Administration violated the Impoundment Control Act when the President suspended border wall funding and construction without lawful justification.
Full story by McKenzie Stauffer here.
Utahns must think through how to deal with the water shortages in the West and adopt practices to conserve and manage water supplies that are consistent with our new reality. During an interview with Fox 13 News, Senator Romney spoke to Max Roth about the looming negotiation over the Colorado River Compact and the importance of rethinking how allocations are made since certain states have been taking a disproportionate share.
The Chinese Communist Party is exacting genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This week, Senator Romney, the lead Republican on the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, joined a group of colleagues in introducing a resolution condemning the CCP’s treatment of the Uyghur people and calling for an investigation into the crimes and abuses committed against them.
Later in the week, he helped lead an East Asia Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. response to the recent coup in Burma, which has led to enormous amounts of violence and civil unrest. Burma's military leaders have killed 260 people and detained 2,200 citizens since the coup. Senator Romney asserted that the United States must must lead an international effort to expand the sanctions placed on these Burmese military leaders, and call upon China to join this effort or suffer the public exposure of callous disregard for the plight of humanity.
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