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CURTIS, RISCH STATEMENT CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators John Curtis, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, and Jim Risch, SFRC Chairman, today released the following statement regarding the ongoing wave of violence in Colombia, which has included an assassination attempt on a presidential candidate, Miguel Uribe, and at

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CURTIS, CORTEZ MASTO INTRODUCE BILL TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK THROUGH STRATEGIC GRAZING

Senators Curtis and Cortez Masto introduced the Strategic Grazing to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Act, bipartisan legislation to direct the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service to collaborate with grazing allotment holders, States, Tribes, and local fire departments to create a strategy to use targeted grazing to manage hazardous fuels and reduce risks from wildfires.

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GOP Sen.-elect Curtis says he’s not afraid to disagree with Trump

As a House member, John Curtis, R-Utah, exhibited a willingness to buck his own party. Now the senator-elect who is set to take the seat being vacated by retiring Mitt Romney, said he’s not afraid to disagree with President-elect Donald Trump if he needs to. In an exclusive interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Curtis told co-anchor Jonathan Karl that he wants Trump to be “wildly successful” and said he supports his desire to address inflation and the economy. But he also made clear there will be times he disagrees with Trump’s approach.

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John Curtis’ search for consensus

No one seemed to know what to do when John Curtis entered the Senate chamber. In the moments before, a steady stream of senators had shuffled in, taking their assigned seats. Mitt Romney, moments away from delivering his final Senate address, was already seated on the back row, his legs crossed, thumbing his cellphone. His colleagues, as they passed his desk, offered him greetings: Joe Manchin gave him a hug; Thom Tillis slapped his shoulder; Cory Booker cracked a joke.

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Highs and Lows: Maiden Speech

Hey! Welcome to another ‘Highs and Lows’ from Washington, D.C. It’s been a great week. If you’ve followed what’s happening here, I did my maiden speech on the Senate floor, which is kind of a big cultural thing here in the Senate. Most of us wait several months before we

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Highs and Lows: Increasing Access to Your Public Lands

Welcome to another edition of ‘Highs and Lows’! I hope you are all well. I have two highs to share with you this week. First, the Senate passed a type of legislation called a Congressional Review Act that I introduced, which pulls back regulations from the past to provide better access

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Highs and Lows: First Bill Passed in the Senate

Hello from my new office here in Washington, D.C.! It’s a big deal, and we’re all very excited to finally have a little space to move around. The high for this week is we passed my first bill in the Senate! I’d like to give a big shout-out to my

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