Open Search
Close Search

Email Privacy Bill Delayed By Warrantless Search Amendment

Congress: 114

2015-2016

Email Privacy Bill Delayed By Warrantless Search Amendment

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement Thursday after pulling the ECPA Amendments Act from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s markup agenda:
“Since the original passage of ECPA in 1986, a lot has changed, especially when it comes to how we communicate and how we store our private documents and thoughts. Email and cloud storage have become a standard part of American life, and our privacy laws need to be updated.”

Floor Remarks on Ex-Im Nominee Mark McWatters

Mr. President: reserving the right to object.
What’s being proposed here today is to unleash the Export-Import Bank from the constraints it is currently under and to allow it to begin authorizing transactions above $10 million. Between 2007 and 2014, 84 percent of the Bank’s subsidy and loan-guarantee deals exceeded $10 million, and the vast majority were given to the wealthiest, most well-connected businesses that should have no problem acquiring financing on the open market.

June 8 – “Let’s Talk” Tele-Townhall with Senator Mike Lee

Senator Mike Lee invites you to join him for a live telephone event on June 8th at 5:00 p.m. MT. Senator Lee looks forward to sharing information on a piece of legislation introduced as part of Article I Project, the Article I Regulatory Budget Act, which will give Congress greater control over the regulatory process. As the Senate debates the National Defense Authorization Act, there are several defense-related issues he would like to discuss. 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.

Let’s Stop Government Hacking Before It Starts

Should a Department of Justice prosecutor under the direction of President Obama’s Attorney General have the power to hack into the phone or computer of virtually anyone in the United States if they have convinced just one sympathetic judge of their choosing to give them a warrant to do so?

The Climate Change Bullies

It has long been obvious that the Democratic Party’s assertion that the science of climate change is “settled” is little more than a cheap public-relations ploy masquerading as a monopoly on scientific knowledge. To give the matter a moment’s thought is to recognize that science – that field of inquiry dedicated to testing new theories, challenging prevailing views of the natural world, and overturning the conventional wisdom of the scientific community – cannot be settled.

Leashing Leviathan: The Case for a Congressional Regulatory Budget

It was almost four months ago that we gathered here, in front of this inspiring portrait, to launch the Article I Project – a new network of House and Senate conservatives working together on a new agenda of government reform and congressional rehabilitation.

The starting point for that agenda is the simple observation that the federal government is broken, and congressional weakness is to blame.

Lee NDAA Amendment Calls for Study of Selective Service Needs

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act Thursday that would strike a requirement that women register for the selective service and replace it with a requirement for the Department of Defense to issue a report on the current and future national security needs by July 1, 2017.