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October 12, 2018
Opioid Summit: Keynote Address
Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for the 5th Annual Solutions Summit. It’s an honor to host so many talented and dedicated Utahns at this event. There are few issues more pressing today, or more devastating, than the opioid crisis. And I can think of no better place to discuss this crisis than in Utah – where so many people are passionately and effectively working to address it. That’s why we convened this summit: to hear from some of the best and brightest warriors in the trenches of this life-and-death fight.
October 6, 2018
Sen. Lee Addresses False Information During SCOTUS Debate

Mr. President,  I come before this body this evening after having heard several remarks from a number of my distinguished colleagues, whom I like, whom I respect, whom I admire, […]
October 5, 2018
We’ve got a choice to make: federalism or contention and violence

Mr. President, It is an understatement to say that the last few weeks have been unusual in Senate history. I have never seen anything like it in the 8 years […]
September 18, 2018
Mini-Bus Spending Bill

Mr. President, I am a Republican because I am a conservative. And I am a conservative because I believe the Constitution and the ideals it asserts in behalf of all […]
September 4, 2018
Confirmation hearing on the nomination of Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Judge Kavanaugh, welcome, and welcome to your family and guests. This is the third time you’ve had the quote-unquote privilege of appearing before this Committee. So you’re seeing some familiar faces on this side of the dais. You’re also seeing some new faces, but I think you’ll find that in a lot of ways, nothing has really changed since you were last here 12 years ago.
July 26, 2018
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program is a national embarrassment, and everyone in this building knows it. It is fiscally unsustainable because it is structurally unsound. And yet, here we are again, for the seventh time in six years, considering a so-called “straight” reauthorization. “Straight.”
July 18, 2018
Made in USA
When Americans see a “Made in USA” label on a product, it is often a source of pride. It represents the American virtues of entrepreneurialism and industriousness. It is a symbol of support for American manufacturing jobs and high-quality products. And it often spurs American consumers to buy that product.
June 29, 2018
Honoring the Founders Promise on Federal Lands
It was 170 years ago that Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers came to the Salt Lake Valley in search of religious freedom… and, finally, a land of their own in which to practice it. It is easy to take for granted, or to forget. But so much of American history – and of human happiness – has depended on the ability of ordinary people to have a part of this earth they can call their own, “to dress it and keep it.”
June 20, 2018
Floor Speech on Rescissions Package
Over the next ten years, our national debt is set to balloon from $21.16 trillion today to more than $33.9 trillion in 2028. American taxpayers are currently responsible for 77% of that national debt. And the percentage is projected to rise to almost 100% in that same period of time. On top of that, with interest rates set to increase, the payments on the debt will also likely double over the next 10 years as a percentage of total economic output.
June 12, 2018
The Due Process Guarantee Act
Mr. President, I would like to speak for a few minutes about a bipartisan amendment I have offered to the NDAA, the Due Process Guarantee Act. Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist 84, called arbitrary imprisonment one of the “favorite and most formidable instruments” of tyrants.