Press Releases
Lee, Durbin Introduce Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015
Feb 12, 2015
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) were joined by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to announce legislation to modernize federal drug sentencing polices by giving federal judges more discretion in sentencing those convicted of non-violent drug offenses.
Lee Holds Bicameral Press Conference on DHS Funding Bill
Feb 12, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee held a bicameral press conference to highlight the need for the Senate to proceed to debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
Lee, Flores: Time to End Democrat Obstruction of DHS Funding Bill
Feb 10, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, and Congressman Bill Flores of Texas, Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, released the following statements regarding Senate Democrats’ repeated obstruction of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 240
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Introduces Bill to Protect Online Privacy
Feb 4, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced a bipartisan bill that modernizes our nation’s electronic privacy laws and brings protections against warrantless search into harmony with the technological realities of the 21st century. Co-sponsoring the “Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015” (ECPA) is Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Senator Lee.
