Press Releases - Senator Mike Lee

February 4, 2014

This Farm Bill is a monument to every dysfunction Washington indulges to bend our politics and twist our economy to benefit itself at the expense of the American people.

January 29, 2014

Lee to Holder: Explain Constitutional Basis for Executive Action on Minimum Wage, Delaying Employer Mandate

Today, Senator Mike Lee asked Attorney General Holder to explain the President’s constitutional authority to take executive action to delay the employer mandate and raise the minimum wage.

January 29, 2014

Senator Mike Lee’s Response to the State of the Union Address

So if you’re one of those Americans that big government is leaving behind… if you work hard, play by the rules and teach your kids to do the same, I want you to know that your family will not be forgotten anymore.

January 28, 2014

Excerpts from Sen. Lee’s Response to the President’s State of the Union Speech

Tonight, Senator Mike Lee will give the Tea Party response to the president’s State of the Union speech.

January 21, 2014

Fighting for PILT

After I learned that the recent omnibus spending bill didn’t include funding for PILT, I held a conference call with several of Utah’s county commissioners. It is clearly a problem […]

January 16, 2014

Lee, Hatch Push to Restore Funding for PILT program

Utah’s U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch are supporting an amendment to the Omnibus government funding bill introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) that would fully fund the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.

January 15, 2014

Reducing the Burdens of Public Land

Beside me is a map of the United States. In red, you can see all the land that is owned by the federal government. As you can see by looking at the map, most of the land west of the Rocky Mountains, more than 50% in fact, is owned by the federal government.

January 13, 2014

Lee Reacts to Oral Argument in Recess Appointments Case

Today, Senator Mike Lee said that he expects the Supreme Court to determine that President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from January 2012 were unconstitutional. Sen. Lee, who is a former Supreme Court clerk for Justice Samuel Alito, has been a strong and vocal opponent of President Obama’s attempt to usurp the rights of the Senate in the appointment and confirmation of nominees to the executive and judicial branch. He attended the oral argument today in the case of National Labor Relations Board v Noel Canning.

January 11, 2014

Lee Statement on the Passing of Ariel Sharon

WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Mike Lee released the following statement regarding the passing of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: “Ariel Sharon was a great military and political leader who […]

January 9, 2014

Lee Introduces Bill to Expand Higher Education Opportunities

Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced legislation that would expand higher education opportunities for low-income and middle-class families by providing for new alternatives to the federal accreditation system.