Lee, Klobuchar Announce Hearing on Anti-Trust Implications of Occupational Licensing Regulations
WASHINGTON—Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today announced that the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights will be holding a hearing on Nov. 18th entitled, “License to Compete: Occupational Licensing and the State Action Doctrine.”
Lee Reacts to Failure of Utah’s Obamacare Co-op
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Mike Lee (R–UT) released the following statement regarding recent reports that more than 50,000 Utahns will lose their health insurance thanks to the closing of Utah’s Obamacare cooperative Arches Health Plan.
Lee, Sessions Send Letter to Colleagues Urging Opposition to Budget Deal
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a Dear Colleague letter to their fellow senators Wednesday urging them to oppose the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Lee Explains Vote Against Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
“The bill allows companies to share information with the government even if they promise their customers in their user agreements that they would not, and the users can’t sue,” Lee continued. “Neither privacy advocates nor civil liberty experts were included in the deliberations.”
Lee’s Statement in Opposition to Latest Budget Deal
“As bad as the process that produced this budget deal is,” Lee said, “the policy is arguably worse.”
Lee, Klobuchar React to Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger
WASHINGTON—Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairman and Rank Member respectively of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, issued the following statements in response to the announced merger between Walgreens and Rite Aid.
Solutions Summit 2015 – Utah’s Idea Factory
Last week, I joined with the Salt Lake Chamber, the Utah Technology Council, and the Utah Manufacturers Association to host the Second Annual Utah Solutions Summit. The theme of this year’s Summit was “Utah’s Idea Factory” – a way to engage in the kind of innovative dialogue that makes Utah a special place, and America an extraordinary success. I am grateful to the many participants and attendees who joined with me to make this an extraordinary event.
Big Egg vs Little Mayo – Questioning the Legitimacy of Agricultural Check-off Programs
There is perhaps no better illustration of how, and for whom, the federal government works today than the case of the American Egg Board and its hostility toward a start-up food company called Hampton Creek.
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Bill on Criminal Justice Reform
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today passed the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act in a vote of 15-5. The bill grants judges greater sentencing flexibility for certain low-level […]
Creative destruction is coming to Washington
At first, I didn’t have strong feelings about the House Speaker’s race. More than anything, it seemed that what mattered was not who the next speaker is but what the next speaker does. I shared my thoughts with the handful of House colleagues who asked for them, but, as a senator, I didn’t feel it was my place to broadcast them.