Lee Announces #HonorUtahVeterans Instagram Gallery
SALT LAKE CITY – Today Senator Mike Lee announced that he is collecting pictures through Instagram to display in his offices in honor of Veterans Day. In announcing this effort, […]
A Gross Dereliction of Duty
It is a gross dereliction of that duty – and an insult to those men and women – to tack on a military authorization to this must-pass spending bill, just so members of Congress can hurry back home.
A Framework for Reforming PILT
Today I attended a conference hosted by the National Association of Counties to discuss the importance and future of Payment in Lieu of Taxes funding. I appreciated the opportunity to […]
The CR Prevents Congress from Doing Its Job
At some point today or tomorrow the Senate will hastily consider – and likely pass – a massive, hodgepodge spending bill to fund every last department and program within the federal government… even those we know don’t work. The alternative – if you can call it that – is to deny funding for every last department and program within the federal government… even those we know are essential.
RELEASE: Lee & Durbin: According to CBO, Smarter Sentencing Bill Would Reduce Prison Costs by More Than $4 Billion
Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) announced today that their bill tomodernize nonviolent drug sentencing policies would reduce prison costs in America by $4.36 billion over 10 years, according to a new report compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Protecting Freedom of Speech
“Attention all citizens! To assure the fairness of elections by preventing the disproportionate expression of the views of any single powerful group. The government has decided that the following associations of persons shall be prohibited from speaking or writing in support of any candidate.” This is a statement that I have taken directly from a dissenting opinion issued by associate justice Antonin Scalia in a case called Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce. A 1989 ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Top Obama Administration Officials Raise Questions about Arming Syrian Rebels
Earlier this year, during hearings of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I had the chance to ask CENTCOM Commander General Lloyd Austin and the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper […]
South Korea Honors Utah’s Veterans of the Korean War
Today members of staff from my office were invited to attend a ceremony in the Utah State Capitol Building to honor 181 of the 17,000 Utahns who fought in the […]
A visit to Switchpoint
In a recent trip to St. George, I was invited to tour Switchpoint: a new facility in the area that provides temporary shelter and support for the homeless community in […]
The Utah Solutions Summit: Starting a Dialogue on Regulatory Reform
Yesterday I joined with the Salt Lake Chamber and the Governor’s office to host the Utah Solutions Summit. This event provided a venue for Utah business leaders and government officials […]