Senator Orrin Hatch
Senator Robert Bennett
Congressman Rob Bishop
Congressman Jim Matheson
Congressman Chris Cannon
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt."
Samuel Adams, 1749
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt."
Samuel Adams, 1749
Welcome to UtahReach! Government
The resources provided here can help us understand the foundations of our unique form of government. It was clearly defined and severely limited at the Federal level with the expectation that most of the people's business would be transacted at the state and local level.Take the time to read the immortal documents and then visit the links to State and Federal legislative activities and check in on your representatives. It may surprise you what they are up to - especially when you understand what they ought to be doing...
The next time you go to a town meeting, take a copy of some of the legislation proposed by your representatives and have them explain it to you. Getting an explanation from the source is much more satisfactory than a sound-byte interpretation by the media or other special interest groups. The republican form of government was created to be accountable to the people. It is up to the people to keep it that way.
Get acquainted with these documents and then give your elected Representatives an opportunity to make an accounting!
UtahReach! 2008