Today’s Agenda
Senator Lee has no
public events today.
From the Senator’s
Desk
Senator Lee recently cosponsored the following Concurrent
Resolution in support of one of America’s closest allies, Israel:
“Declaring that it is the policy of the United States to
support and facilitate Israel in maintaining defensible borders and that it is
contrary to United States policy and na- tional security to have the borders of
Israel return to the armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967.”
Senator
Lee’s response to the President on Israel’s borders
Recent Votes
On Senator Snowe’s amendment (S. Amdt. 390) to reduce
federal regulations on small businesses, Senator Lee voted YEA
From the Amendment:
“[A]ccording
to research by the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration, the
annual cost of Federal regulations totals $1,750,000,000,000. Small firms bear a disproportional burden,
paying approximately 36 percent more per employee than larger firms in annual
regulatory compliance costs.”
Around the Water Cooler
Economy:
“While this is no time to go blindly throwing money at our problems, the fact
is that the mortgage market needs reform, people need jobs, and neither is
likely without the other.”
Energy:
“[O]n Thursday the government announced a pollution-control agreement that
would clean up a project first proposed in 2007 and since snagged on escalating
Uinta Basin ozone concerns.”
A Look Ahead
On Monday, Senator Lee, ranking member on the Water and
Power Subcommittee, will discuss legislative
issues with Utah’s leaders in the water industry. He also has a meeting Tuesday with the Metropolitan
Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy and the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy
District. He plans to talk with nominees
for ambassadorships to Turkey and Jordan.