Lee Introduces Free-Market Energy Reform
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced a bill that restores free-market competition to America’s energy sector by eliminating all tax credits for both renewable and traditional energy sources. The […]
Conservatives’ Moment to Stand Against Cronyism
Most Americans know that our revolutionary history began when a handful of brave patriots tossed crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest unfair taxation. But what they might assume […]
Opportunity, Cronyism, and Conservative Reform
It is always a privilege to be back at the Heritage Foundation, the heart of America’s conservative movement. And it is to that broad, diverse movement that I have come to speak today about an issue with the potential to unify and revive our coalition.
Utah Public Land Summit
On Friday, April 18, I joined a group of lawmakers and policy makers from eight Western states in a summit to build support for the transfer of federal land back […]
Meeting with Utah’s Business Leaders to End our Opportunity Crisis
This week I was able to meet with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Governors for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. I posted this picture […]
Meeting with Utah’s Students
For the last ten days, I have been actively traveling around the state meeting with Utahns. I held two town hall meetings last week. I have also met with business […]
Support Growing for Criminal Justice Reform: My Visit with Sheriff Winder
Today I had the opportunity to meet with Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder. Among the several things we discussed, I wanted to make sure he was aware of my […]
Recap of Mobile Office Visit to Sanpete County
ON April 10 my mobile office visited Nephi, Gunnison and Mt. Pleasant. During these visits members of my staff met with local residents and city officials to open a dialogue […]
Lee’s Opening Statement at Comcast-Time Warner Hearing
Today Senator Mike Lee delivered the following opening statement in the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger.
Crony Capitalism and the Export-Import Bank
The American economy is the envy of the world, primarily because it is still seen as a place where anyone – regardless of who you are or where you come from – can work hard, play by the rules, and succeed.
That belief is predicated on the notion that America has a thriving, competitive and free enterprise economy in which the best ideas and hardest workers win the day, while those who are less successful always have a fair chance to try again.