Press Releases
Lee to Holder: Explain Constitutional Basis for Executive Action on Minimum Wage, Delaying Employer Mandate
Jan 29, 2014
Today, Senator Mike Lee asked Attorney General Holder to explain the President’s constitutional authority to take executive action to delay the employer mandate and raise the minimum wage.
Excerpts from Sen. Lee’s Response to the President’s State of the Union Speech
Jan 28, 2014
Tonight, Senator Mike Lee will give the Tea Party response to the president’s State of the Union speech.
Lee, Hatch Push to Restore Funding for PILT program
Jan 16, 2014
Utah’s U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch are supporting an amendment to the Omnibus government funding bill introduced by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) that would fully fund the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
Lee Reacts to Oral Argument in Recess Appointments Case
Jan 13, 2014
Today, Senator Mike Lee said that he expects the Supreme Court to determine that President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from January 2012 were unconstitutional. Sen. Lee, who is a former Supreme Court clerk for Justice Samuel Alito, has been a strong and vocal opponent of President Obama’s attempt to usurp the rights of the Senate in the appointment and confirmation of nominees to the executive and judicial branch. He attended the oral argument today in the case of National Labor Relations Board v Noel Canning.
