Continuing Resolutions and Coca-Cola — Day Lee Briefing 9/26/2011
On the motion top table the House continuing resolution, Senator Lee voted yes because the bill was not consistent with spending levels passed in the Ryan budget plan earlier this year.
Red Tape Review — Day Lee Briefing 9/23/2011
The Senate is expected to take up the House-passed Continuing Resolution today
Lee Endorses Johnson for Vice Chair
Today, Senator Mike Lee announced his support for Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) to be Senate Republican Conference Vice Chairman.
Lee Statement on Schmidt Testimony
As a strong supporter of free markets, competition, and innovation, I was disappointed by the testimony of Google chairman Eric Schmidt. I had hoped to hear the company acknowledge the responsibilities that accompany its preeminent position in the Internet search market and address concerns many have raised about Google’s possible anti-competitive activities. Unfortunately, I fear that some of the testimony in today’s hearing may only encourage those who are calling for legal enforcement or government regulation. I am hopeful that we can avoid those outcomes, and encourage Google to take appropriate voluntary action to resolve these concerns.
Google Hearing Today — Day Lee Briefing 9/21/2011
Today, Senator Lee will question Google CEO Eric Schmidt on the company’s possible anticompetitive business practices during an Antittrust Subcommittee hearing.
A Pro-Growth Jobs Agenda
President Obama began and ended his speech last Thursday by correctly identifying America’s unemployment problem as a crisis that deserves urgent action by Congress. After two and a half years, it’s encouraging that the President finally recognizes the true magnitude of our job shortage. Unfortunately the President’s proposal was a predictably disappointing iteration of the failed economic prescriptions he offered in 2009.
Senator Lee’s Google Antitrust Hearing Opening Statement
WASHINGTON—Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today delivered the following opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Lee, the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee, called for the oversight hearing on Google to review the company’s fair competition practices.
An Obama Speech, Buffet Tax, Prairie Dogs, and Google — Day Lee Briefing 9/20/2011
The President’s speech outlined enormous tax increases, more budgeting gimmicks, and no real plan for deficit reduction. He ignores entitlement spending, the greatest driver of our annual deficit. There is no mention of Social Security – which could be made solvent for the next 75 years with a few relatively modest adjustments – and reduces Medicare and Medicaid spending by just 3% over the next decade. That’s not deficit reduction.
Utah Congressional Delegation Introduces Legislation to Address Growing Threat From Prairie Dogs
Members of Utah’s Congressional Delegation today joined together to introduce legislation to address the damage being done by prairie dogs. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, and Reps. Jim Matheson, Jason Chaffetz, and Rob Bishop joined together to introduce the Protecting Public Safety and Sacred Sites from the Utah Prairie Dog Act, which will permit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take much-needed steps to protect Utahns from the hazards posed to public safety from prairie dogs.
When Solutions Become the Problem — Day Lee Briefing 9/19/2011
After a recent report showing that the economy added no new jobs in August, it is worth looking back at how some of President Obama’s previous proposals to fix the economy and create jobs have fared.