The Senate Small Business Committee passed the Complete COVID Collections Act, legislation cosponsored by Senator Curtis and led by Senator Ernst (R-IA) to extend the life of the watchdog tasked with tracking down criminals who stole COVID relief funds designed for small businesses. The senators introduced the bill after the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery warned that its authority was expiring and estimated that criminals would evade consequences for stealing more than $200 billion.

Senators Curtis and Cramer, along with 39 of their colleagues, reintroduced the Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation to prevent large banks and financial institutions from denying fair access to financial services based on political or ideological preferences. In recent years, prominent banks have engaged in debanking, the discriminatory practice of refusing to lend or provide services to law-abiding, legal industries—such as firearms, ammunition, cryptocurrency, federal prison contractors, and energy producers.

During a Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled “The Malign Influence of the People’s Republic of China at Home and Abroad: Recommendations for Policy Makers,” U.S. Senator Curtis spoke with Mr. Mattis, President of The Jamestown Foundation, on China’s state-sponsored intellectual property theft and influence operations in the United States. During the exchange, Curtis directly addressed his “CCP handlers,” in both English and Mandarin, vowing to continue advocating for freedom and democracy, especially in Hong Kong and Taiwan.