Press Releases
Lee: Let’s Begin Debate on DHS Funding, Executive Amnesty
Feb 2, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee said the Senate should begin debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that recently passed the House of Representatives. He said the debate would give senators the opportunity to weigh in on President Obama’s executive action.
Lee, Messer Introduce Bill to Give Parents More Control Over K-12 Education Decisions
Jan 29, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Congressman Luke Messer of Indiana introduced legislation to make a quality K-12 education more accessible and affordable to low-income parents and students.
Lee to Chair Antitrust Subcommittee, Klobuchar Will be Ranking Member
Jan 26, 2015
Today, Senator Mike Lee announced that he will chair the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as the Ranking Member.
Lee Fights Red Tape on Federal Lands
Jan 23, 2015
WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee offered an amendment that would make federal permitting for oil and gas development more efficient and force the Bureau of Land Management to follow current law requiring all applications to be approved or deniedyapplications within 30 days. Lee said there is no justifiable reason for delays amounting to hundreds of days and that his bill, and the greater certainty it would bring, would improve economic and national security.
