Remarks on the Late Term Abortion Resolution
I rise to once again ask my colleagues to join me in expressing the sense of the Senate that governments at all levels have a compelling interest in preventing and punishing the practice of late-term abortions under unsafe, unsanitary, and illegal circumstances.
Too Big to Manage
The three events of the last few days – the IRS, the AP, and Benghazi – tend to confirm our worst fears about our government. They tend to tell us what we don’t want to believe, but what sometimes turns out to be true. That your government is targeting you. That your government is spying on you. And that your government is lying to you.
Lee, Cruz, Paul: Don’t Use Procedural Tricks to Raise Taxes, Increase Debt Limit
Today, Senators Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass a budget without using any procedural tricks to raise taxes or increase the debt limit. The Majority Leader does not deny that his intent to use a back-door procedure that would allow the Democrats to raise taxes and the debt limit under a 50-vote threshold, rather than the typical 60-vote threshold.
LEE: IRS Scandal More Than Just Partisan Fighting
It would be a mistake for Republicans to view the latest IRS scandal as a typical partisan squabble between political parties. The real lesson is that our massive federal government bureaucracy is inherently dysfunctional, corrupt, and intolerant regardless of who is in charge.
Let’s Avoid Another Train Wreck and Fix Immigration the Right Way
If the goal of Monday’s immigration hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee was to create the appearance of motion and evoke emotion then it was a success. I am not interested simply in motion, however. I want forward movement on comprehensive immigration reform.
Lee Statement on Gosnell Verdict
This case has always been about more than one man. It’s about an unaccountable industry that for too long has preyed upon the vulnerable and the innocent. We must take steps in coming months and years to end the decades of corruption and violence in America’s late-term abortion industry. Whatever our views on abortion rights, we can all agree no one has the right to operate an unsanitary, unsafe abortion clinic, and government at all levels has a compelling interest in protecting innocent women and children from anyone who would.
Lee Responds to IRS Targeting Conservative Groups
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee released the following statement regarding revelations that the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting conservative groups: “I am deeply troubled by reports that the […]
Priorities for the Immigration Reform Bill
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee begins consideration of the Gang of 8’s comprehensive immigration proposal. Though I believe the only way to achieve success in reforming our immigration system […]
Lee Delivers Remarks, Calls For Step-By-Step Immigration Approach
Today, Senator Lee delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Senate Judiciary executive business meeting and filing deadline for amendments S.744, the “Gang of Eight” immigration proposal. His remarks as prepared for delivery are available below.
Remarks on the Late-Term Abortion Resolution
This week in Philadelphia, a jury is deliberating the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who has been charged and tried for some of the most gruesome atrocities ever encountered by the American criminal justice system.