Press Releases

A Victory for the American People

It’s not every day that the American people score a victory over the global elite, but on Thursday that’s exactly what happened.

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.

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.”

Lee Urges Colleagues to Support Due Process Guarantee Amendment

Mr. President: I rise today to discuss – and to urge my colleagues to support – amendment #4448, the Due Process Guarantee Amendment. This amendment addresses a little-known problem that I believe most Americans would be shocked to discover even exists. Under current law, the federal government has the power to detain indefinitely – without charge or trial – U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are apprehended on American soil. Let that sink in for a moment.

Bipartisan Coalition of Senators File ‘Due Process Guarantee Act’ Amendment to NDAA

WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Tom Udall (D-NM), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Due Process Guarantee Act Monday as an amendment to the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Sens. Lee, Klobuchar, Blumenthal Send Letter to DOJ, DOT About Airline Surcharges

WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to Transportation Department Secretary Foxx and Attorney General Loretta Lynch urging them to investigate the potential anti-competitive implications of comments made by Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr.

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

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.

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?

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.