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December 20, 2019
Another Spending Extravaganza
John F. Kennedy famously said “to govern is to choose.” But as the omnibus spending bill passed by the House and Senate this week shows, Congress’s defining dysfunction is that it doesn’t choose. We don’t budget. We don’t reform. We don’t prioritize. We just spend, and hope we’re retired or working as lobbyists or consultants when the bill for our negligence and recklessness comes due.
December 20, 2019
Protecting America Livestock
This March the United States Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a new regulation that would remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The science is on the government’s side. Today there are an estimated 5,600 gray wolves in the United States and grey wolf population continues to exceed the appropriate management levels established by relevant state wildlife divisions and benchmarks from the Fish and Wildlife Service.
December 19, 2019
Sen. Lee Statement on Impeachment
“Yesterday was a sad day for our republic. A president of the United States was impeached along partisan lines for purely partisan political reasons.” “President Trump has done nothing wrong. All he did was ask the Ukrainian government to investigate a corrupt Ukrainian energy company. There was nothing wrong with that request. In fact, the Obama administration tried to get Ukraine to investigate the exact same energy company. The only difference is that Trump succeeded where Obama failed. Ukraine is finally investigating Burisma.”
December 19, 2019
Another Spending Extravaganza
It’s December, Mr./Madam President. And so America’s attention turns once again to the great debate of our times: which is the best Christmas movie? White Christmas? Elf? A Christmas Story? Die Hard? I’m partial to It’s a Wonderful Life myself. We have to debate the best Christmas movie that we all watch every year because there really is no debate about the worst. The worst Christmas movie is the one that runs every year on C-Span the week before Our Savior’s birthday: it’s called Omnibus.
December 13, 2019
A Bigger Role for Community in Public Education
For three decades, education reformers have tried to improve our nation’s schools by injecting “choice” into the public square. These debates often turn contentious, pitting advocates on one side of “school choice” against the other. It’s time for a new chapter in how we think about education.
December 13, 2019
Sen. Lee Congratulates PM Johnson on Election Results
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party secured a new majority in the Parliament of the United Kingdom: “Prime Minister Johnson is due a hearty congratulations after his party’s historic win in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. I am confident he will get Brexit done for the British people. The Senate should prepare to do its part, too, by passing the United Kingdom Trade Continuity Act, a bill designed to promote economic stability and growth as the United Kingdom transitions out of the European Union.”
December 13, 2019
Why Congress Must Reclaim Its War Powers
This week, The Washington Post published a bombshell report they are calling the “Afghanistan Papers”, reviewing thousands of internal government documents and private interviews relating to the war in Afghanistan. And it has exposed one of the most shameful political and military scandals in American history. According to the documents uncovered by the Post, military and civilian leaders from the last three administrations have engaged in a massive conspiracy to mislead the American public about the reality in Afghanistan. While they consistently painted a rosy outlook to the public about our “success” and “progress” in that country, behind closed doors
December 6, 2019
A Better Head Start
Nothing is more important to the future of our society – nor more critical to fulfilling our national commitment to equal opportunity – than the care and upbringing of the next generation. That is why it is so important that we make sure the resources we devote to raising the next generation are being spent as wisely as possible.
December 6, 2019
Making Welfare Reform Great Again
Our welfare programs need to provide a hand up, not a hand-out. We must pair government assistance with the tools for work-capable individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. When welfare reform first inserted work requirements into our welfare system in 1996, some on the left predicted doom for America’s most vulnerable families. Sen. Patrick Moynihan (R-NY) predicted we would “find children sleeping on grates, picked up in the morning frozen.” Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) said we would see “children begging for money, children begging for food, eight- and nine-year old prostitutes.” And Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) called the bill “legislative child abuse.”
December 5, 2019
Sens. Lee, Cruz, Blackburn, and Scott Introduce Head Start Improvement Act
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Head Start Improvement Act of 2019 Thursday, a bill that would improve the Head Start program by eliminating much of the program’s federal bureaucracy and giving the money directly to states through block grants. “Nothing is more important to the future of our society – nor more critical to fulfilling our national commitment to equal opportunity – than the care and upbringing of the next generation,” Sen. Lee said. “Washington should respect the proven ability of communities and states to develop unique