Press Releases
Utah Elected Officials Request Meeting with President Obama
Apr 29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Utah lawmakers’ hand-delivered a letter to the White House requesting a meeting with President Obama on potential use of the Antiquities Act to create a national monument in Utah. Before delivering the letter, members of the Utah Delegation met with White House officials to discuss public land issues.
Sentencing Reform & Corrections Act Expands Bipartisan Support
Apr 28, 2016
The revised bill is now cosponsored by a bipartisan group of 37 senators and supported by a broad and diverse array of organizations and interests. In a recent letter of support from the National District Attorneys Association, the largest association of prosecutors in the country, the organization’s president wrote, “As a result of months of changes and good faith negotiations, our organization feels the latest version of the bill strikes the appropriate balance between targeting the highest level drug traffickers plaguing our communities, while simultaneously decreasing crime rates and addressing the burgeoning prison population.” The bill enjoys support from coalitions representing more than 400 groups and organizations across the political spectrum.
Lee, Leahy Comment On House Passage of the Bipartisan Email Privacy Act
Apr 27, 2016
Today’s 419-0 House vote for the Email Privacy Act is an historic step toward updating our privacy laws for the digital age. It should go without saying that law enforcement agents should have to get a warrant to read Americans’ emails or retrieve their sensitive information from the cloud – yet that is not what our statutes currently require.
Lee, Klobuchar Urge Careful Consideration of Proposed SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev Merger
Apr 21, 2016
Last December, Lee and Klobuchar held an Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposal to purchase SABMiller for over $103 billion; the hearing examined how the proposed merger of the world’s two biggest beer producers would impact competition and consumers across the country
