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Utahns are facing serious financial hardships because of the pandemic. Senator Romney introduced several measures to help prevent unemployed workers from experiencing a lapse in their unemployment insurance benefits and extend these benefits through the end of the year. He spoke with KSL NewsRadio about the recent COVID-19 relief executive orders and the continued discussion in Congress about COVID-19 relief measures.
Senator Romney spent Tuesday touring beautiful Garfield County with members of the Utah Congressional delegation and state and local leaders. The group discussed how to move the ball forward on the items important to this part of our state—PILT, wildfire management, timber, and NEPA reform.
Utah’s outdoor recreation and tourism industries have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Romney hosted a town hall for nearly 350 industry representatives to learn more about their concerns and to answer questions about potential future relief measures.
Full story by Ladd Egan here.
Our federal trust funds—programs like Social Security and Medicare—are facing impending insolvency. And the urgent and necessary spending associated with COVID-19 relief efforts has only expedited the insolvency of these trust funds. Senator Romney spoke to Fox News about his bipartisan and bicameral TRUST Act, legislation which would create a process to rescue the endangered federal trust funds, and why now is the time to get serious about the drivers of our national debt.
Senator Romney joined his Foreign Relations Committee colleagues, led by Senators Risch (R-ID) and Menendez (D-NJ), in introducing a Senate Resolution regarding the massive explosion in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon on August 4, 2020. “Lebanon is a country on the brink of financial ruin with a fragile democracy, susceptible to increasing efforts by Iran and Iranian-backed groups trying to capitalize on the country’s instability to gain influence. Last week’s explosion in Beirut will have long-lasting repercussions for the Lebanese people who were already facing severe economic hardships. My heart aches for them,” said Senator Romney. “The Lebanese government must work with partners in a transparent and impartial manner to investigate the source of the explosion, and must address the political failings that allowed it to happen in the first place.”
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