Press Releases
Lee Signs Letter Condemning IRS Warrantless Searches
Apr 16, 2013
Today, Senator Mike Lee (UT) joined several of his colleagues in sending a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), condemning their practice of accessing citizens’ private electronic communications, including emails, without a warrant.
Lee: "Don't the American people deserve to know what we are voting on?"
Apr 11, 2013
As I have argued on this floor, in the national media, and back home in Utah, we should not be legislating by using closed door, back room deals away from the eyes of the American people. We should not be voting before we understand exactly how these proposals will affect the rights of law abiding citizens and whether we can say with any level of certainty that they will reduce crime.
Lee, Paul, Cruz: Senate to Vote on Gun Bill No One Has Read
Apr 11, 2013
This morning the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to the firearms bill (S.649). It is expected that the Toomey-Manchin provision announced yesterday will replace the current language regarding background checks.
Lee: Timing of Immigration Hearing “Completely Inadequate”
Apr 10, 2013
A single hearing scheduled so quickly to discuss legislative language that is not yet even available is completely inadequate for Senators or the American people to get answers to the many questions a bill of this magnitude will inevitably raise. We could not possibly have a meaningful hearing with a substantive discussion of what will surely be over 1,000 pages of provisions we haven't even yet seen.
