Senator Mike Lee’s Response to the State of the Union Address
So if you’re one of those Americans that big government is leaving behind… if you work hard, play by the rules and teach your kids to do the same, I want you to know that your family will not be forgotten anymore.
Lee to Holder: Explain Constitutional Basis for Executive Action on Minimum Wage, Delaying Employer Mandate
Today, Senator Mike Lee asked Attorney General Holder to explain the President’s constitutional authority to take executive action to delay the employer mandate and raise the minimum wage.
Excerpts from Sen. Lee’s Response to the President’s State of the Union Speech
Tonight, Senator Mike Lee will give the Tea Party response to the president’s State of the Union speech.
To create jobs, promote access to opportunity via human networks
Like most Americans, I support the ability of individuals to collect unemployment insurance for a limited amount of time. But in order to start solving the problem of long-term unemployment, […]
Fighting for PILT
After I learned that the recent omnibus spending bill didn’t include funding for PILT, I held a conference call with several of Utah’s county commissioners. It is clearly a problem […]
New School: A Plan for State-Based Accreditation of Alternative Higher Education
The challenge of American higher education policy today is reconciling two seemingly contradictory facts. First, higher education is more important to economic opportunity and middle-class security than ever before. And […]
Lee, Hatch Push to Restore Funding for PILT program
Utah’s U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch are supporting an amendment to the Omnibus government funding bill introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) that would fully fund the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
Reducing the Burdens of Public Land
Beside me is a map of the United States. In red, you can see all the land that is owned by the federal government. As you can see by looking at the map, most of the land west of the Rocky Mountains, more than 50% in fact, is owned by the federal government.
Lee Reacts to Oral Argument in Recess Appointments Case
Today, Senator Mike Lee said that he expects the Supreme Court to determine that President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from January 2012 were unconstitutional. Sen. Lee, who is a former Supreme Court clerk for Justice Samuel Alito, has been a strong and vocal opponent of President Obama’s attempt to usurp the rights of the Senate in the appointment and confirmation of nominees to the executive and judicial branch. He attended the oral argument today in the case of National Labor Relations Board v Noel Canning.
Lee Statement on the Passing of Ariel Sharon
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Mike Lee released the following statement regarding the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: “Ariel Sharon was a great military and political leader who […]