The Center for Effective Lawmaking has released its Legislative Effectiveness Scores for the 118th Congress, ranking Senator Curtis among the top five most effective Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives during his final term in that body.

During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nominations of Reed Rubinstein to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to the State of Israel, and Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Senator Curtis today emphasized Utah’s enduring connection to Israel—culturally, spiritually, and diplomatically—drawing from his own experience living in a kibbutz as a young student at Brigham Young University and witnessing firsthand the signing of the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty. The Senator also questioned Mr. Cabrera on Panama’s recent move to divest from China’s Belt and Road Initiative and to address Beijing’s growing influence in the region.

U.S. Senators Curtis and Bennet today reintroduced the Making Access to Cleanup Happen Act and the Watershed Protection and Forestry Recovery Act—bipartisan legislation that together improve and expedite emergency watershed recovery efforts. Amid increasing frequency and severity of wildfire, floods, and other natural disasters, these bills remove common bureaucratic barriers that delay disaster response and reflect a proactive, locally partnered approach to forest and watershed recovery.