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After months of bipartisan negotiations, Senator Romney and his colleagues introduced two pieces of legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for President. Senator Romney joined his colleagues in releasing a joint statement after introducing these bills:
“From the beginning, our bipartisan group has shared a vision of drafting legislation to fix the flaws of the archaic and ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887. Through numerous meetings and debates among our colleagues, as well as conversations with a wide variety of election experts and legal scholars, we have developed legislation that establishes clear guidelines for our system of certifying and counting electoral votes for President and Vice President. We urge our colleagues in both parties to support these simple, commonsense reforms.”
Full article by Siobhan Hughes here.
As part of its unprovoked war, Russia is starving Ukraine, and also starving nations around the world. The truth should be told loud and clear: Russia’s malevolence is to blame for the pain being inflicted on Ukrainians.
At a hearing on the global food security crisis and the U.S. response, Senator Romney pressed USAID Administrator Samantha Power and UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on whether the United States and other nations are sufficiently stepping in to solve the food crisis being created by Russia and its blockade on Ukraine. He also called for increased efforts to counter Putin’s disinformation machine.
A strong, ready, and unified transatlantic alliance is critical to maintaining global order and security. Senator Romney joined his Foreign Relations Committee colleagues to advance the approval of Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO to the full Senate.
To stifle Putin's propaganda operation, we must make certain the presence of a free and independent press. Senator Romney sat down with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Jamie Fly for a discussion on bolstering access to factual, uncensored reporting amid an alarming rise in state-sponsored disinformation.
Recovering endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado and San Juan Rivers will help maintain an overall healthy river ecosystem that benefits both people and nature. Senator Romney and Hickenlooper’s (D-CO) Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
This bipartisan legislation would continue protecting four threatened and endangered native fish species in the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins by extending conservation programs for one year to allow Upper Basin communities the time to develop a long-term management plan. The bill next heads to a vote on the Senate floor.
Vulnerabilities in our defenses against significant national security threats cannot be revealed when it's too late. During a Homeland Security Committee hearing on addressing mass destruction and health security threats, Senator Romney raised the importance of listening to groups outside the government, including industry and nonprofit leaders, when assessing threats to the homeland.
Small business owners in Utah and across the nation are facing growing challenges with labor shortages, changing interest rates, inflation, and other economic uncertainties. Senator Romney met with a group of some 60 Utah small business owners visiting Washington to discuss how to better support small enterprise.
Utah's agriculture industry is critical to our country's food security. In our state, and across the nation, the FFA organization plays an important role in helping prepare our youth to be successful leaders in the agriculture industry. Senator Romney met with Utah FFA State Officers during their annual trip to Washington.
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