Today’s Agenda
Today, Senator Lee will meet with representatives of the Western Energy Alliance. He will also host a Jell-O bar for office visitors at 3:30 PM EDT (1:30 MDT).
From the Senator’s Desk
On Twitter
The last time the Senate’s Democrat majority passed a budget, the iPad did not yet exist: youtu.be/2fMfwDm6w18
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) July 31, 2012
Great piece from
@unitedliberty on@senmikelee and the case against increasing Americans’ taxes bit.ly/OpSMR4— Brian Phillips (@SenLeeComs) August 1, 2012
Now in Judiciary Committee:
@senmikelee asking questions in hearing on rising prison costs. Watch here: bit.ly/w3rCIo— Emily Bennion (@SenLeePressSec) August 1, 2012
Debt-laden
#eurozone‘s PMI sinks… again: bit.ly/QqrNoz#debt#deficit#Europe#economy#tcot#tlot— Joe Tauke (@SenLeeResearch) August 1, 2012
Around the Water Cooler
The new minority: Millions of long-term unemployed looking for hope
Joe Carbone can’t sleep — and the odd thing is, he deals in hope. Carbone is the President and CEO of The WorkPlace, Inc., a non-profit workforce and economic development organization in Bridgeport, Conn. He developed an experimental program to help the long-term unemployed that was recently featured on “60 Minutes.”
Eurozone unemployment hits record high, while Mario Monti sees ‘light at end of tunnel’
EU data agency Eurostat said the seasonally-adjusted rate was the same as an upwardly-revised May toll but noted another 123,000 people lost their jobs going into the European summer, bringing the total to nearly 18m, more than 2m up on a year earlier.
Looking Ahead
Tomorrow, Senator Lee will meet with Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield of the Air Force.