Press Releases

June 21, 2012
Our Two Paths — Day Lee Briefing 6/21/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the National Patient Advocate Foundation. He will also be a guest on KSL’s Grant and Amanda show at 7:45 AM […]

June 21, 2012
The Universal Music Group/EMI Merger and the Future of Online Music
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today highlighted the challenges facing the music industry and identified important issues relating the Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of EMI’s record label.
June 20, 2012
Eliminating the Forest Legacy Program
The farm bill that the Senate is currently considering contains a reauthorization of the Forest Legacy Program. The program uses taxpayer money to pay landowners to not develop their land, acquire land with the specific purpose of not developing it, and purchase “conservation easements” that limit development rights on land with certain “conservation values.”
June 20, 2012
A Government Program I would Eliminate — Day Lee Briefing 6/20/2012
The Forest Legacy Program is a specific government program that I propose we eliminate
June 19, 2012
MATS is Inefficient, Costly Regulation

Utah currently receives approximately 95 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants, and plans are in place to build more.  I stand alongside Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma in […]

June 19, 2012
The EPA’s Utility MACT Rule — Day Lee Briefing 6/19/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Treatment Communities of America. He will also attend a breakfast hosted […]

June 19, 2012
Regulating the Regulators
We can have sensible regulations that keep our air and our water and other aspects of our environment clean. We need those things; we want those things as Americans. We can also have a balanced approach that considers the economic cost of new rules and restrictions on small businesses and on consumers. That’s what we need.
June 18, 2012
Utahn Competes in Annual National HIstory Fair: Produces Website About Creator of Video Games
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Grant Amann from Sandy, Utah. He was in DC to compete in the National History Fair. Every year students from across the U.S. create a project that is fitted to a yearly theme. This year’s theme was “Revolution, Reaction, and Reform in History.” Grant competed in teh Website category, and created a website that was centered around the creator of the video game: Ralph Baer.
June 18, 2012
The Fight to End Energy Subsidies — Day Lee Briefing 6/18/2012

Today’s Agenda Today, Senator Lee is meeting with constituents. He will also vote on the nomination of Mary Lewis Geiger for US District Judge for South Carolina.   From the […]

June 15, 2012
Weekly Wrap-up: Eric Holder — Day Lee Briefing 06/15/12

This week, Attorney General Eric Holder was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The main issue was Holder’s continued appearance to be hiding things from Congress, whether the problem is […]