Press Releases

October 23, 2025

CURTIS STATEMENT AT EPW SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON CHEMICAL REGULATION

Senator Curtis, Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight, delivered the following remarks at a subcommittee hearing entitled, “Examining the Beneficial Use and Regulation of Chemicals.” Continue Reading

October 22, 2025

RECAP: FOURTH ANNUAL CONSERVATIVE CLIMATE SUMMIT

Last week, Senator Curtis hosted the Fourth Annual Conservative Climate Summit at the University of Utah, convening policymakers—including Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright—alongside business leaders, researchers, and community stakeholders to discuss practical, market-driven solutions to Utah’s most pressing natural resource challenges. The summit focused on addressing the state’s growing water demand, wildfire risk, and energy needs through innovation, partnership, and conservative principles of stewardship. Continue Reading

October 21, 2025

SENATE ADVANCES FIX OUR FORESTS ACT, MARKING KEY PROGRESS TO COMBAT WILDFIRES

Senators Curtis, Padilla, Hickenlooper, and Sheehy today applauded the advancement of the Senate version of the Fix Our Forests Act through the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The legislation would help combat catastrophic wildfires, restore forest ecosystems, and make federal forest management more efficient. Continue Reading

October 10, 2025

CURTIS CHAMPIONS UTAH’S ROLE IN ADVANCING CLEAN, RELIABLE NUCLEAR ENERGY

During an Energy and Public Works nomination hearing to consider Ho Nieh to be a Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Senator Curtis underscored Utah’s growing leadership in the future of clean, technologically advanced nuclear energy, securing commitment from Mr. Nieh for greater collaboration between states and federal regulators. Continue Reading

October 1, 2025

CURTIS, CORTEZ MASTO PUSH CFTC FOR ANSWERS ON ENFORCEMENT OF ILLEGAL GAMING IN EVENT CONTRACTS

Senators Curtis and Cortez Masto led four of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chair Pham reminding the Commission sports betting is regulated by states and tribes, not the CFTC. The Senators underscore that by implicitly allowing some companies to offer sports betting activities as “event contracts,” the CFTC is preventing enforcement of state and tribal gaming laws which inappropriately permits sports betting nationwide. Continue Reading

September 30, 2025

CURTIS STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO AVOID SHUTDOWN

Senator Curtis issued the following statement today on Senate Republicans’ efforts to avoid a federal government shutdown: “Today, I voted to keep the federal government open and to prevent unnecessary harm to hardworking, taxpaying families in Utah and across America. Sadly, the measure failed without enough Democratic support, and once again Washington’s dysfunction has forced a shutdown. Continue Reading

September 28, 2025

ICYMI: STATEMENT FROM SENATOR JOHN CURTIS ON PASSING OF RUSSELL M. NELSON, PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

Few lives have been lived as fully and faithfully as that of President Russell M. Nelson. His remarkable 101 years were a testament to service, faith, and vision. I am grateful for the insight, inspiration, and teachings he shared so generously. As we mourn his passing, we also celebrate a life that lifted countless people and left an enduring legacy of hope and strength. Continue Reading

September 25, 2025

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: DOZENS OF LEADERS APPLAUD FIX OUR FORESTS ACT

Senators Curtis, Hickenlooper, Sheehy, and Padilla today highlighted growing support for the Fix Our Forests Act from governors, state and local officials, community leaders, and industry stakeholders. The bipartisan legislation, introduced earlier this year, combats catastrophic wildfires, restores forest ecosystems, and streamlines federal forest management to be more efficient and responsive. Continue Reading

September 15, 2025

SENATOR CURTIS HONORS FALLEN TREMONTON OFFICERS ON THE SENATE FLOOR

Last week, Senator Curtis visited Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath in honor of Sergeant Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada, two Tremonton-Garland police officers who were killed in the line of duty last month. He later paid tribute to the officers in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Continue Reading

September 11, 2025

SENATORS LAUNCH CONSUMER SAFETY TECHNOLOGY ACT TO STRENGTHEN AI AND BLOCKCHAIN SAFEGUARDS

Yesterday, U.S. Senators Curtis and Blunt Rochester, members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Consumer Safety Technology Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize consumer protection tools and keep American families safe in a rapidly changing digital world. Continue Reading