During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Senator Curtis discussed the future of nuclear energy as a clean baseload power source for Utah with Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Nieh and Commissioner Wright. Throughout the exchange, the Senator stressed that federal policy must empower states rather than imposing “one-size-fits-all” mandates. Curtis also raised concerns regarding slow and duplicative permitting processes, secured a timeline on Utah’s request to add uranium conversion to its state agreement, and advocated for small municipal power agencies navigating the complex NRC application process.

Ahead of President Trump’s summit with China’s President Xi Jinping, Senators Curtis, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bennet, member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led 10 colleagues on a letter to Secretary of State Rubio affirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and asserting there should be no unilateral changes to this policy nor any new U.S. declaratory policy on Taiwan.

Senators Curtis, member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Shaheen, Ranking Member, released the below statement welcoming the approval by Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan of a supplementary defense budget that will strengthen Taiwan’s deterrence capabilities against growing People’s Republic of China aggression. The vote follows a visit to Taipei by the senators five weeks ago, in which they met LY leaders and urged support for the package.