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May 19, 2014
Klobuchar, Lee Statements on AT&T-DirecTV Merger

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) today released the following statements regarding the AT&T-DirecTV merger. Klobuchar is chair and Lee is ranking member of […]
May 16, 2014
Lee and Cruz ask Sylvia Burwell to respond to unanswered questions regarding Obamacare Implementation

The implementation of Obamacare has been an unmitigated disasterunder HHS’s previous leadership. It is critical that before the next HHSSecretary is approved, we have a frank and open discussion about […]
May 14, 2014
Criminal Law and the Administrative State: Defining and Enforcing Regulatory Crimes
In an influential law review article, the late Professor Bill Stuntz noted the academic consensus lamenting criminal law’s constantly expanding breadth. Professor Stuntz wrote that virtually all scholarship in the field “consistently argues that existing criminal liability rules are too broad and ought to be narrowed.” But, Professor Stuntz continued ominously,
May 8, 2014
Western Caucuses Urge EPA to Halt “Waters of the US” Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Senator Mike Lee joined Senate Western Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus co-chairs Stevan Pearce (R-NM) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and 42 other Caucus […]
May 5, 2014
Energy Tour of Utah

On April 15 and 16, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce organized a tour for my staff of various energy facilities across the state.  The following is a list of […]
May 1, 2014
Lee Introduces Free-Market Energy Reform

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced a bill that restores free-market competition to America’s energy sector by eliminating all tax credits for both renewable and traditional energy sources.  The […]
April 30, 2014
Opportunity, Cronyism, and Conservative Reform
It is always a privilege to be back at the Heritage Foundation, the heart of America’s conservative movement. And it is to that broad, diverse movement that I have come to speak today about an issue with the potential to unify and revive our coalition.
April 25, 2014
Meeting with Utah’s Business Leaders to End our Opportunity Crisis

This week I was able to meet with the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Governors for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. I posted this picture […]
April 25, 2014
Utah Public Land Summit

On Friday, April 18, I joined a group of lawmakers and policy makers from eight Western states in a summit to build support for the transfer of federal land back […]
April 22, 2014
Meeting with Utah’s Students

For the last ten days, I have been actively traveling around the state meeting with Utahns.  I held two town hall meetings last week.  I have also met with business […]