The EPA’s Utility MACT Rule — Day Lee Briefing 6/19/2012
Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Treatment Communities of America. He will also attend a breakfast hosted […]
MATS is Inefficient, Costly Regulation
Utah currently receives approximately 95 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants, and plans are in place to build more. I stand alongside Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma in […]
The Fight to End Energy Subsidies — Day Lee Briefing 6/18/2012
Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee is meeting with constituents. He will also vote on the nomination of Mary Lewis Geiger for US District Judge for South Carolina. From the […]
Utahn Competes in Annual National HIstory Fair: Produces Website About Creator of Video Games
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Grant Amann from Sandy, Utah. He was in DC to compete in the National History Fair. Every year students from across the U.S. create a project that is fitted to a yearly theme. This year’s theme was “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in History.” Grant competed in teh Website category, and created a website that was centered around the creator of the video game: Ralph Baer.
Weekly Wrap-up: Eric Holder — Day Lee Briefing 06/15/12
This week, Attorney General Eric Holder was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The main issue was Holder’s continued appearance to be hiding things from Congress, whether the problem is […]
Lee Backs Calls for Enforcing “Leahy-Thurmond Rule” on Judges
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee responded to reports that Senate Republicans would begin enforcing the “Leahy-Thurmond Rule,” an historic practice in presidential years when the Senate stops confirming certain […]
Constitutional Conflicts — Day Lee Briefing 6/14/2012
Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with finalists in the University of Utah clean energy competition, and with representatives of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and the National Young […]
Senator Lee Recognizes the 237th Anniversary of the U.S. Army
In 1775, our Founding Fathers established the Continental Army. Over the past 237 years the U.S. Army has become an elite fighting force charged with protecting America and her interests at home and abroad.
Keeping an Eye on the 9th Circuit — Day Lee Briefing 6/13/2012
Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the American Heritage School Tour. He will also be a guest on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends at 7:15 […]
Lee Opposes Nomination of Andrew Hurwitz
Today, Senator Mike Lee spoke on the Senate floor opposing the nomination of Andrew Hurwitz for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senator Lee noted that Mr. Hurwitz has closely associated himself with the misguided reasoning behind the controversial abortion rights decision in Roe v. Wade.