Press Releases
Lee Attends Bipartisan Meeting at White House on Criminal Justice Reform
Feb 25, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee attended a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss the need to modernize and reform our criminal justice system.
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
