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CURTIS BILL TO TRANSFER MOAB UMTRA SITE ADVANCES
The Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act advanced unanimously through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, marking a key step toward transferring the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site to Grand County following completion of cleanup and remediation. Following the Committee’s action, Senator Curtis issued the statement below:
CURTIS, SHAHEEN WELCOME CRITICAL MINERALS MINISTERIAL, URGE COLLEAGUES TO BACK LEGISLATION TO SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS
Senators Curtis and Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement as the United States hosts a Critical Minerals Ministerial. The Senators urge their colleagues to support legislation which directs the U.S. government to work with trusted international partners to develop secure, reliable and transparent supply chains for critical minerals by authorizing U.S. participation in the Minerals Security Partnership.
CURTIS BILLS TO PROTECT ALLIANCES, COMBAT CHINA ADVANCE
Today, the Foreign Relations Committee advanced three bills led or co-led by Senator Curtis on a bipartisan basis that strengthen partner and U.S. relations with Taiwan, combat China’s environmental degradation, and protect Taiwan from Chinese threats to their infrastructure. Following the Committee’s action, Senator Curtis issued the statement below:
Sen. John Curtis questions EPA nominee on his approach to job, emissions
Utah’s newest GOP senator John Curtis praised President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, asserting Lee Zeldin has a reputation for working across the aisle to get important environmental legislation done. Zeldin, a former GOP member from the House, was tapped by Trump to lead the agency charged with enforcing the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
As Trump’s nominee hearings begin, Sen. John Curtis calls for ‘seriousness’ from senators
As confirmation hearings begin for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, Sen. John Curtis called on his Senate colleagues to carefully consider their roles. “I take very seriously the role that the Senate has in the Constitution for advice and consent,” Curtis said Tuesday. “And I hope all my colleagues take that same seriousness in our constitutional responsibility.”
Sen. John Curtis celebrates final House wins
Sen. John Curtis is taking his legacy of being a highly productive member of the House of Representatives to the Senate. In the final days before giving up his seat representing Utah’s 3rd District, Curtis saw several bills signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Highs and Lows: Greetings from the South Pole
Okay, my high this week. I am coming from… see if you can guess it… I’m staying on two miles of ice. It’s about 30 degrees below zero. That’s right. I am at the South Pole. I am here with a group of senators checking out the U.S. investment here.
Highs and Lows: My Favorite Way to Start the Day
Well, if you know me very well, you know one of my highs in Washington, D.C., is to get out and run along the mall. And I’m doing ten miles this morning. I’m greeted by the sunrise behind the U.S. Capitol. Up there you can see the Washington Monument. And
Highs and Lows: Pumping Iron
This week, sadly two lives were stolen, families were shattered, and a community was shaken in a shooting at a church in Salt Lake. Utah is a place where we believe in personal and collective responsibility. We look out for our neighbors, we reject senseless violence, and we refuse to