Press Releases
Sen. Lee Announces Hiring of Lee Lonsberry as Communications Director
Mar 5, 2021
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) today issued the following statement announcing the hiring of Lee Lonsberry of KSL Radio, who will assume his new role in early April.
“I am pleased to announce that Lee Lonsberry will be joining my staff as Communications Director. Lee is one of the most respected members of the Utah media, fair and honest, and a consummate professional. His experience in Utah, and on Capitol Hill working for Rep. Rob Bishop, makes him the ideal messenger for my team as he works to serve the people of Utah.”
Sen. Lee Comments on February Employment Numbers
Mar 5, 2021
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), member of the Joint Economic Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Labor Department February 2021 report:
"The 379,000 payroll jobs added in February suggest the recovery is accelerating. Americans’ hard work and perseverance during the challenges of the last year are finally being realized, and more Americans are being vaccinated. With a third vaccine now available for distribution, expectations are set for a record recovery from the pandemic-induced recession."
Sen. Lee Introduces Drone Integration and Zoning Act
Mar 4, 2021
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Drone Integration and Zoning Act (DIZA), a bill to establish a regulatory framework for drones based on the principles of local governance and cooperative federalism.
“The FAA cannot feasibly or efficiently oversee millions of drones in every locality throughout the country,” Sen. Lee said. “Further, its current legal position claiming regulatory authority over every cubic inch of air in the United States – including air just inches above Americans’ private property – is both unsustainable and unlawful. In our constitutional system, the states have sovereign police powers to govern over inherently local issues, including the protection of property, land use, privacy, trespass, and law enforcement. The best way to ensure public safety, protect property rights, and unleash drone innovation is to empower the people closest to the ground to make local decisions in real time, which is exactly what the Drone Integration and Zoning Act does.”
Sen. Lee Introduces Government Spectrum Valuation Act
Mar 4, 2021
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Government Spectrum Valuation Act Wednesday, a bill designed to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned to each federal agency as a first step towards meeting the nation’s spectrum needs.
“So much of the technology we depend on in modern life depends on radio frequency spectrum,” said Sen. Lee. “Unfortunately, this fixed resource is becoming increasingly in demand and congested; and we do not currently have a way of making sure that federal spectrum is being efficiently allocated and managed. This bill will provide us with data that we need to better manage federal spectrum, and to better facilitate a strategy for operating our current technologies and future innovations.”
