Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Blocking Leaks Undermining Law Enforcement (BLUE) Act during National Police Week with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to protect law enforcement officers from being doxxed. This legislation would shield federal law enforcement officers and their families from credible violent threats by prohibiting the sharing of their personal information and location with intent to obstruct, interfere with, or retaliate against their lawful duties.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), along with a coalition of his colleagues in the House and Senate, demanded answers from Brown University regarding the shocking negligence resulting in a recent on-campus killing. The university sacrificed safety equipment to pacify woke ideologues and adopted a blatantly anti-police posture, leaving students hopelessly vulnerable to an on-campus attack that killed two students and injured nine – all while Brown’s alert system lagged for a stunning and deadly seventeen minutes.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced legislation to repeal the outdated Davis-Bacon Act to curb inflated government spending on construction projects. U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC) cosponsored the legislation. Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO-07) introduced the House version of the bill.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored legislation this week with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) defending America’s small businesses from burdensome and intrusive overregulation of their finances. The bill would stop the collection of personal “Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)” from small businessowners and delete this private data from the federal government’s records.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today cosponsored the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors (STOP) Act with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS). This landmark legislation bans gender transition procedures performed on minors, imposes strict civil penalties on perpetrators, and for the first time creates a federal compensation fund dedicated to helping victims detransition using the collected penalty funds.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act to stop federal agencies from violating the Constitution and awarding contracts based on recipients’ race or sex. Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) introduced the House version of the bill.

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum urging the termination of a Biden-era visa policy that allows citizens of the People’s Republic of China to enter the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, sent an oversight letter Tuesday expressing antitrust concerns around a potential merger of recreational vehicle (RV) companies LCI Industries and Patrick Industries.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), pressed the CEOs of United Airlines and American Airlines on recent reports of a potential merger between the two air carrier giants. The senators penned a bipartisan letter warning that a United-American merger would create the largest airline in the world, exacerbating concerns that consolidation of the airline industry could harm consumers.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act to defend American energy producers against the rise of climate lawfare by prohibiting dubious climate lawsuits or actions that attempt to enforce an energy penalty law from being brought in either state or federal court. The bill is sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and cosponsored by Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR). Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) introduced the House version of the legislation.