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February 23, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03) signed on as a co-lead to Congressman Bob Onder’s (MO-03) Chloe Cole Act, a landmark bill that will put a stop to one of the most dangerous and barbaric medical procedures in modern history. 

Congressman Bob Onder reintroduced the Chloe Cole Act, which was transmitted to Congress by the Department of Justice. 


February 18, 2026

Washington, D.C. – The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced new visitor access plans for Summer 2026 at Arches, Glacier, Rocky Mountain, and Yosemite National Parks, designed to expand public access while maintaining safety and resource protection. Arches National Park, for example, will not implement a timed entry system, allowing visitors more flexible access while parks monitor congestion and parking.

Issues: Environment

February 13, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Targeted Operations to Remove Catastrophic Hazards (TORCH) Act. This legislation honors the legacy of the late Congressman Doug LaMalfa of California and advances critical, common-sense reforms to forest management that will protect Western communities from the devastating impacts of catastrophic wildfires 

Issues: Environment

February 5, 2026

Washington, D.C. – The Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act advanced unanimously through the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, marking a key step toward transferring the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) site to Grand County following completion of cleanup and remediation.


January 20, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03), alongside Reps. Newhouse (WA-04),  Jeff Hurd (CO-03), John Rose (TN-06), Ashley Hinson (IA-02), and Mike Ezell (MS-04) introduced the Keeping Public Lands Out of Adversarial Hands Act to strengthen national security by taking steps to keep foreign adversaries from acquiring land or resources adjacent to America’s public lands. This bill protects Utah’s natural resources, safeguards our critical infrastructure, and safeguards against hostile foreign influence on U.S.

January 10, 2026
Op-Eds

The fall of the Maduro regime in Venezuela has ramifications far beyond Latin America — especially in the Islamic Republic of Iran, another oil-dependent state on the brink of economic and political collapse.

Another dictator — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — is beginning to reap what he has sown.

Issues: National Security

December 23, 2025
Op-Eds

We have the resources, the expertise and the will to build for the future, but Washington’s bureaucracy stands in the way.

Issues: Budget and the Deficit Energy

December 16, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-Utah-03), Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands; Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; and Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah), along with Representatives Burgess Owens (R-Utah-04), Blake Moore (R-Utah-01), and Celeste Maloy (R-Utah-02), have passed the Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act.

Issues: Environment

December 9, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03), alongside Senator Lee  introduced the Streamline Transit Projects Act to improve transit project timelines and quality by empowering states – not unelected bureaucrats in Washington– to manage environmental reviews for local transit needs.


December 5, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Combatting China’s Pilfering of Intellectual Property (CCP IP) Act alongside Senator Curtis (UT) to protect American innovators by imposing sanctions on Chinese individuals, companies, and organizations engaged in intellectual property (IP) theft. The legislation strengthens U.S. authority to block assets, deny visas, and increase diplomatic pressure on the Chinese Communist Party to end its state-directed campaign to steal and replicate protected American technologies.