SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Today, U.S. Senate candidate Sam Granato unveiled his first online commercial. Titled “Common Sense,” the ad highlights his 40 years of experience creating jobs as a small business owner.

“Small businesses employ more than half of the American workforce. If we’re going to turn our economy around and put Utahns back to work, we need to provide small business owners with the resources they need to begin hiring again. That’s why we should continue to extend tax relief for small business owners and make sure they have access to credit, so they can lead us to a lasting recovery,” Granato said.

SALT LAKE CITY — Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Sam Granato said he would strongly oppose any effort to repeal or alter the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which grants citizenship to all individuals born on U.S. soil.

“We need to fix our broken immigration system, but carelessly repealing important portions of our Constitution is not the way to do it. We need to enact comprehensive, common sense immigration reform on the federal level that addresses the real issues at the core of this problem — insufficient border security, a legal immigration process strangled by bureaucratic red tape, and the complicated task of resolving the legal status of those already here. These are the pressing issues Congress should be focusing on, not knee-jerk reactions that don’t actually solve the problem,” Granato said.

SALT LAKE CITY – Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Sam Granato said he opposes amending the United States Constitution to adopt California-style rules for the federal budget.

“Delayed tax refunds, forced work-reduction furloughs, paying small business vendors with IOUs, court ordered tax increases, downgraded bond ratings, increased interest rates. All of these things have happened in California because of rules that prevent responsible budgeting. This is a future that I do not want to see for the United States of America. We are better than that,” Granato said.

SALT LAKE CITY — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sam Granato’s statement on the decision by EnergySolutions to end its bid to bring foreign nuclear waste to the company’s Utah facility:

"The people of Utah don’t want the nuclear waste we already have here, and they certainly have never wanted nuclear waste brought here from other countries. Today’s announcement is a victory for all of us – our voices have finally been heard. If I’m elected Utah’s next Senator, I will continue to fight for our state’s best interests by strongly opposing any future attempts to import foreign nuclear waste to Utah. The safety of Utah’s future generations is at stake, and we must remain relentless in our efforts to protect our families from these dangerous materials."

SALT LAKE CITY – Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Sam Granato unveiled a new effort to encourage grassroots financial involvement and support for his campaign.

“I’ve always believed the true measure of any campaign’s success was the number of regular voters it could inspire to get involved, not the amount of money amassed from out-of-state special interest groups with deep pockets. That’s why we’ve started this grassroots effort – to encourage Utah’s working families to join our team and make a modest contribution to help propel us to victory in November,” Granato said.