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February 12, 2015
Lee Holds Bicameral Press Conference on DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee held a bicameral press conference to highlight the need for the Senate to proceed to debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
February 12, 2015
Lee, Durbin Introduce Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) were joined by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to announce legislation to modernize federal drug sentencing polices by giving federal judges more discretion in sentencing those convicted of non-violent drug offenses.
February 10, 2015
Lee, Flores: Time to End Democrat Obstruction of DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, and Congressman Bill Flores of Texas, Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, released the following statements regarding Senate Democrats’ repeated obstruction of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 240
February 6, 2015
Online Privacy
Americans are routinely bombarded with stories about invasive new surveillance technologies capable of encroaching on our online communications without notice. But the only law on the books to protect Americans’ private e-mails from warrantless searches by law-enforcement agents was written in 1986 – well before much of the technology we take for granted today even existed – and it has remained virtually unchanged ever since.
February 6, 2015
Fund it? Fix it
The President released his budget this week only to see it almost universally rejected or ignored by Congress, the media, and the American people. His budget is a statement of this administration’s priorities and politics, both of which put Obama at odds with the country right now.
February 5, 2015
It’s time to stop delaying democracy
It’s time to stop delaying democracy; it’s time to stop hiding from the American people.
February 4, 2015
Protecting Email Privacy
The Lee-Leahy ECPA Amendments Act of 2015 prohibits an electronic communications or remote computing service provider—like Gmail or Facebook or Twitter—from voluntarily disclosing the contents of customer emails or other communications.
February 4, 2015
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Introduces Bill to Protect Online Privacy
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced a bipartisan bill that modernizes our nation’s electronic privacy laws and brings protections against warrantless search into harmony with the technological realities of the 21st century. Co-sponsoring the “Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015” (ECPA) is Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Senator Lee.
February 2, 2015
Lee: Let’s Begin Debate on DHS Funding, Executive Amnesty
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee said the Senate should begin debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that recently passed the House of Representatives. He said the debate would give senators the opportunity to weigh in on President Obama’s executive action.
January 30, 2015
Empowering Parents to Reform our K-12 Education System
Today marks the conclusion of this year’s National School Choice Week, an annual public awareness campaign designed to highlight the power of choice when it comes to reforming our K-12 education system.