News Releases
Romney, colleagues introduce legislation to increase transparency around social media platforms
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Dr. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), today introduced the bipartisan Platform Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA), a bill that would require social media companies to share more data with the public and researchers. (Read More)
Romney, colleagues applaud committee passage of bill to end China’s unfair international advantages
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, joined by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tim Scott (R-SC), applauded today’s unanimous committee passage of the Ending China’s Developing Nation Status Act. This bipartisan legislation establishes U.S. policy to oppose the granting of “developing nation” status to China in future treaties and international organizations. The bill also directs the Secretary of State to pursue changing the status of China to “developed nation” in treaties or organizations where a mechanism for change exists. Romney first introduced this legislation at the end of last Congress. (Read More)
USBE announces summer food service program sites
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has announced the sites for the 2023 Summer Food Service Program. The institutions listed below are sponsors of the Summer Food Service Program or Seamless Summer Option. Sponsors are school districts, charter schools, or other community organizations throughout the state that host summer meals sites. (Read More)