Press Releases

At some point today or tomorrow the Senate will hastily consider – and likely pass – a massive, hodgepodge spending bill to fund every last department and program within the federal government… even those we know don’t work. The alternative – if you can call it that – is to deny funding for every last department and program within the federal government… even those we know are essential.

“Attention all citizens! To assure the fairness of elections by preventing the disproportionate expression of the views of any single powerful group. The government has decided that the following associations of persons shall be prohibited from speaking or writing in support of any candidate.” This is a statement that I have taken directly from a dissenting opinion issued by associate justice Antonin Scalia in a case called Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce. A 1989 ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States.

It is my distinct privilege to welcome all of you to the inaugural – and hopefully first annual – Utah “Solutions Summit.” In future years, the theme of the conference will change, but the purpose will stay the same. We want to bring together Utah’s leaders – in business and civil society and all levels of government – to discuss what we can do together to meet the greatest challenges facing our state and our country.