Press Releases

February 26, 2016
The Facts on Supreme Court Vacancies
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was an extraordinary man whose contributions to this country and its people are so prodigious that it will take generations for us to fully comprehend our debt to him. His untimely death is a tragedy, and his legacy a blessing to friends of freedom everywhere.
February 26, 2016
Bringing Freedom Back to the Internet
A year ago today, five unelected bureaucrats at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to exploit an 80-year-old law meant for regulating radio, telephone, and telegraph operations, in order to begin regulating the Internet.
February 25, 2016
Sen. Lee Introduces The Only Congress Can Change The Draft Act

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the Only Congress Can Change The Draft Act, which would ensure that only Congress […]

February 25, 2016
Sen. Lee Introduces The Restoring Internet Freedom Act

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which would repeal the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules and prevent the agency from promulgating similar […]

February 24, 2016
Floor Remarks on the Senate’s “Advice and Consent”
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was an extraordinary man whose contributions to this country and its people – whom he faithfully served from the bench – are so prodigious that it will take generations for us to fully comprehend our debt to him.
February 18, 2016
Lee, Klobuchar Announce Hearing on Oversight of Antitrust Laws

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 hold a hearing on March 9 at […]

February 18, 2016
Lee, Klobuchar Call For Review of Proposed Charter, Time Warner, Bright House Merger

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, sent a letter […]

February 12, 2016
Congress Should Decide Any Changes to Selective Service
If you haven’t been paying attention lately, you might have missed a controversy crop up about an issue that I imagine most Americans did not realize was controversial.
February 12, 2016
Providing Equal Treatment to Home Educators
One of America’s most distinctive and exceptional qualities is the spirit of liberty embodied in our people and in our institutions. And there is perhaps no better expression of the American ethos of liberty than the belief that parents have the inalienable right – and indeed the responsibility – to direct the education of their children. Nowhere else in the world will you hear from parents what is widely held as a self-evident truth in households across America: that no one is in a better position to make decisions about a child’s education than his or her parents or guardians.
February 11, 2016
Senator Lee Announces Hurricane Townhall Meeting
Please join Senator Mike Lee for a town hall meeting at the Hurricane High School Auditorium this Saturday, February 13, at 1:00pm.