Press Releases - Senator Mike Lee

January 19, 2017

Sens. Lee, Rubio Call for Fair Taxes for Families

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Ways and Means Committee encouraging them to make tax reform a priority in the 115th Congress and to consider the Economic Growth and Family Fairness Tax Reform Plan.

January 17, 2017

Lee Letter Seeks Accountability for US Ambassador in Macedonia

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) sent a letter to US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily today, asking for clarity on; the mission’s assistance to the new government; the involvement of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation; and the implementation US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs. Sen. Lee eagerly awaits a reply from the State Department and hopes that the new administration will hold executive branch officials accountable for the way our tax dollars are spent.

January 17, 2017

Sens. Lee, Paul Call on Pres.-Elect Trump to Increase Congressional Involvement in National Security, Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) sent a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump regarding the importance of rebalancing the relationship between Congress and the Presidency […]

January 13, 2017

The First Step on the Road to Real Health Care Reform

This Thursday at about 1:30 pm, the United States Senate took the first step on the road to real health care reform: repealing Obamacare.

January 13, 2017

Elections Have Consequences for Housing Policy

“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” These were the infamous words President Obama used to scold congressional Republicans just three days after his inauguration in 2009, foreshadowing how he would approach policymaking for the next eight years.

January 13, 2017

Sens. Lee, Klobuchar Comment on FTC Chair Departure

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, released the following statements on Edith Ramirez’s departure from the Federal Trade Commission.

January 12, 2017

Lee Introduces Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act

WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) released the following statement Thursday after introducing the “Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act,” a bill which denies all federal funding for implementing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule.” “Every American should be free to choose where to live, and every community should be free to zone its neighborhoods and compete for new residents according to its distinct values,” Lee said. “We don’t need a National Zoning Board. Washington should let Americans ‘govern local.’” “A better debate would be about how Americans could better spend the money that

January 11, 2017

Utah Speaks Out About Obamacare

Madam President I rise today to give voice to some of my fellow Utahns who are suffering because of the health care law passed seven years ago this March. These are not stories from wealthy Utahns who have had to pay higher taxes. Nor are these stories from low-income Utahns who already had insurance through Medicaid. These are letters from the too often invisible victims of Obamacare: those middle class families who used to be able to afford health care when they needed it, but are now forced to pay for what often amounts to a second mortgage, for a

January 6, 2017

The Right Way to Repeal Obamacare

Last November, the American people voted for change in Washington. They elected Republican majorities to both chambers of Congress and elected a Republican President because, as a party, we pledged to fix the broken status quo of the past eight years. Reforming our dysfunctional federal government and restoring sanity to our nation’s capital starts with relieving the American people from the burdens and excessive costs of our defective health-care system and requiring Washington to once again live within its means.

January 6, 2017

Use Term Limits to Drain the Swamp

Our first and perhaps greatest Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, ended his Gettysburg Address by calling on his fellow Americans to rededicate themselves to the “great task” of preserving our “government of the people, by the people, [and] for the people.” I share that commitment, which is why I have always supported term limits for our elected federal officials.