State and National

Lee Amendment Preserves National Guard Apache Fleet

WASHINGTON - This week in the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) successfully added an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that preserves the National Guard’s Apache helicopter fleet.

Lee’s amendment to the Army’s Aviation Restructuring Initiative extends the prohibition on AH-64 Apache helicopter transfers out of the National Guard for FY

2016.

Protecting student privacy in the Digital Age

By Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/241997-protecting-student-privacy-in-the-digital-age

 

House Passes Defense Bill

Key Bishop Provision on Sage Grouse Included

WASHINGTON— In an effort to fulfill one of its most important constitutional obligations, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2016. Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, voted to pass the bill and offered the following statement:

COMMISSION TO ELIMINATE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT FATALITIES TO MEET IN

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ON MAY 19-20, 2015

Washington, D.C.  – The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) will hold a public meeting May 19-20, 2015 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City, 150 W. 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.

JOINT RELEASE – Hatch, Cardin Introduce Bill to Make Religious Worker Visa Program Permanent

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced a bill S. 1339 to make the Special Immigrant Non-Minister Religious Worker Program permanent. The program allows religious organizations in the United States to fill critical religious worker positions, for which there are no qualified candidates in the United States, with candidates from abroad.

Senator Orrin Hatch Presented With ACU Award for Conservative Achievement

Award Reflects Putting Principle Ahead of Petty Politics

Sen. Orrin Hatch: Trade authority gives Americans a voice

 

 

 By Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/05/12/trade-promotion-authority-policy-congress-column/27175065/

 

Utah Business and Community Leaders Gather to take the ElevateHer Corporate Challenge to Raise More Women to Leadership Positions in Utah

Special Event launches Utah’s new Women’s Leadership Institute

Defense Funding Bill Shouldn't Allow Illegal Immigrants to Enlist in the Military

Commentary: The push to recruit illegal immigrants is happening at a time when U.S. citizens are being downsized from the military or turned away by recruiters, writes Rep. Dave Brat.

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USDA Designates 2 Counties in Utah as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

With Assistance to Producers in Colorado

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Duchesne and Uintah counties in Utah as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought.