Utah delegates travel to attend Trump's inauguration

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah's members of Congress were some of the few hundred people who attended President Donald Trump's presidential inauguration in person. For one, it was her first. While many Utahns saw the inauguration on television, Utah's delegation watched from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. "I think on TV it just looks like another event, but being there in the rotunda, it felt really special," said Rep. Celeste Maloy, (R) Utah's 2nd District.For Congresswoman Celeste Maloy, it was her first presidential inauguration since she took office in 2023. "The energy there on the floor was really high. Everybody kept clapping and cheering, and you could see that President Trump really meant what he was saying," Maloy said. For Congressman Blake Moore, it was his first inauguration with a Republican president. He walked away from Monday's proceedings feeling hopeful it would help get things done. "I think there's an excitement to give it a shot. I think that's the biggest difference, is when you have a Republican White House, House, and Senate, you're going to have fewer roadblocks to advance the initiatives you believe," Moore, (R) Utah's 1st District, said.Moore said his first order of business is to increase the child tax credit for American families and has high hopes it will succeed. "Having President Trump in the White House the year that these tax provisions expire is very opportune and needed to be able to extend this," Moore said. Both representatives left the inauguration feeling optimistic. Maloy told KSL TV that with Trump, she's confident he'll support Utah's interests. She said that's what he did during his first four years in office.

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