Today, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced a bill to provide temporary waivers for certain 340B program eligibility requirements due to the COVID-19 health emergency. This bill will protect 340B hospitals, including Utah’s Beaver Valley Hospital, University of Utah Hospital, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Primary Children’s, and others, from losing their ... Read more »
July is the month in which we in Utah celebrate both the birth of the United States of America and the arrival of the pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley. I love celebrating both of these important anniversaries so close together. Our forebears who arrived in Salt Lake on July 24, 1847, like the pilgrims centuries before, were fleeing religious persecution and seeking a place where they could freely ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Chris Stewart secures funding for many programs and agencies impacting Utah, and specifically Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, in the House Appropriations Committee. Rep. Stewart’s FY21 priorities include job creation, Utah’s public lands, healthcare, and national defense. “One of the fundamental duties of Congress is controlling the purse strings of the Federal Go... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously passed Rep. Chris Stewart’s (UT-02) National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, H.R. 4194, and Suicide Prevention Act, H.R. 5619. Following the committee’s markup, these two bills will now be considered on the House Floor. Following the committee’s markup and passage of the bill, Congressman Stewart released the followi... Read more »
Anyone who still thinks of China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a viable business partner is sadly mistaken. It is not a country that values human rights, freedom or mutual respect among nations. The reality is, the world has a China problem and it’s time we found the fortitude to deal with it. Consider the reality of CCP rule. More than a million Chinese Muslim Uighurs are imprisoned in... Read more »
This is a critical moment in our nation’s history. At a time when we should be unifying with one another, we are instead demonizing each other, creating a perception that the world is filling with darkness and fear. But I will never quit believing that most people are good. If we ever quit believing that, we lose our ability to solve our most pressing problems. With the eruption of pain and anger ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person's sex, also covers sexual orientation and transgender status. The ruling provides expanded federal protections to LGBT workers but leaves unanswered questions about protections for religious Americans. In December 2019, Cong... Read more »
Washington, D.C.–Today, Congressman Chris Stewart (UT-02) spoke on the House floor urging his colleagues to pass National Suicide Hotline Designation Act under unanimous consent. This call for action comes after nearly three years of work raising awareness for the dire need of this easy to remember three-digit dialing code. “This will save thousands of lives, especially now, in the midst of this o... Read more »
Today, Congressman Chris Stewart (R-UT) along with Chellie Pingree (D-ME) led 42 colleagues in a letter requesting that Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) utilize its funding and resources from the CARES Act to support the more than six million LGBTQ youth in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their bipartisan letter detailed the importance of SAMHSA w... Read more »
– Today, Congressman Chris Stewart (UT-02) voted against Speaker Pelosi’s Partisan Wish List (H.R. 6800) and Proxy Voting Scheme 2.0 (H. Res. 965). After refusing to bring Congress back to work, Speaker Pelosi authored these bills with help from her Democratic colleagues behind closed doors, leaving House Republicans in the dark. Following the vote, Congressman Stewart issued the following statem... Read more »
