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Press Releases
April 22, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT), John Curtis (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Blake Moore (R-UT) today wrote to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland requesting an explanation regarding a recent announcement of deferred maintenance awards which allocated Utah a disproportionately low amount of funding compared to its proportion of federal lands and its contribution to the federal government.
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April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Georgia voting law and the Democrat’s offensive and blatantly false comparisons to “Jim Crow.”
April 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) issued the following statement in opposition to the boycott of Georgia.
March 31, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) and Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) today announced plans to introduce the Agriculture Civil Rights and Equality Act (ACRE Act), which would prohibit officials at the U.S.
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Congress
March 29, 2021
Community matters. That’s why I want to learn about our district’s MVPs and highlight the good work and generous deeds happening across our state.
March 25, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) yesterday participated in a House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee hearing on examining the need to reauthorize and expand eligibility under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).
March 25, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Republican Leader Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss educational equity post-COVID-19.
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Education
March 17, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-Utah), John Curtis (R-Utah), Burgess Owens (R-Utah), and Blake Moore (R-Utah), Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Lt. Gov.
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Congress
March 16, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) joined Chairmen Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) of the Congressional & Senate Western Caucuses led 12 Senate Members and 50 House Members of the respective Caucuses in sending a letter to President Biden asking important clarifying questions about the Biden Administration’s Executive Order establishing a directive to put restrictions on at least 30% of lands and waters by 2030 (30 by 30).
March 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT), John Curtis (R-UT), Burgess Owens (R-UT), and Blake Moore (R-UT), today met with senior officials at the Department of Interior to encourage the Biden administration to work with Congress toward a permanent legislative solution that resolves the boundaries for the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
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