Floor Tribute to Senator Bennett
“Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a man who was truly a giant in my home state of Utah and in this institution, a friend to everyone he met, and someone whose life of service to the people of Utah we celebrate at the same time that we mourn his passing: Senator Robert F. Bennett.”
“Let’s Talk” Tele-Townhall with Senator Mike Lee
Senator Mike Lee invites you to join him for a live telephone event on May 11 at 5:00 p.m. MT. Senator Lee looks forward to sharing an update on the progress he has made with the Article I Project. He also would like to share recent developments with his efforts to strengthen online privacy and reform our criminal justice system. Most importantly, he wants to hear about the topics and issues that are important to you. Come join Utahns from across the state and add your voice to this important dialogue.
Utah Elected Officials Request Meeting with President Obama
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Utah lawmakers’ hand-delivered a letter to the White House requesting a meeting with President Obama on potential use of the Antiquities Act to create a national monument in Utah. Before delivering the letter, members of the Utah Delegation met with White House officials to discuss public land issues.
A Step Forward with Electronic Communication Privacy
If a law-enforcement agency suspects that you have committed a crime, it must go before a judge and obtain a warrant in order to have the right to listen to your phone calls.
Restoring Congressional Accountability Through Appropriations Process
Of all the words that the American people use to describe Congress today, one of the most common — and accurate — is unaccountable.
Sentencing Reform & Corrections Act Expands Bipartisan Support
The revised bill is now cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 37 senators and supported by a broad and diverse array of organizations and interests. In a recent letter of support from the National District Attorneys Association, the largest association of prosecutors in the country, the organization’s president wrote, “As a result of months of changes and good faith negotiations, our organization feels the latest version of the bill strikes the appropriate balance between targeting the highest level drug traffickers plaguing our communities, while simultaneously decreasing crime rates and addressing the burgeoning prison population.” The bill enjoys support from coalitions representing more than 400 groups and organizations across the political spectrum.
Floor Remarks on Lee Amendment #3856
But ask anyone who has ever called, written, or emailed their member of Congress what happens next: blame is shifted; fingers are pointed; scapegoats of every variety imaginable are brought forth to defend those who are charged with making the laws from the consequences of their handiwork.
This is the very definition of unaccountability, and it pervades the culture of Washington, D.C., because Congress has allowed it to infect our laws and our institutions.
Lee, Leahy Comment On House Passage of the Bipartisan Email Privacy Act
Today’s 419-0 House vote for the Email Privacy Act is an historic step toward updating our privacy laws for the digital age. It should go without saying that law enforcement agents should have to get a warrant to read Americans’ emails or retrieve their sensitive information from the cloud – yet that is not what our statutes currently require.
No Money, No Consent
Today at United Nations Headquarters in New York City Secretary of State John Kerry and representatives of over 130 nations will sign the Framework Convention on Climate Change agreement that was negotiated in Paris last December.
Moving Toward a Pro-Family, Pro-Growth Tax System
The most dreaded day of the year is, once again, behind us. Tax Day is more than a bureaucratic filing deadline, it is an ignominious monument to our dysfunctional tax code – everyone’s annual, visceral reminder that our tax code is too costly and too complex, and that complexity is itself a cost.