Sending Obamacare Repeal to President’s Desk

Dec 4, 2015

Nearly six years ago the Senate was on the verge of passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This week, we voted to repeal that insultingly misnamed law.

The Failed Policy and Cynical Process of the Highway Bill

Dec 4, 2015

"I rise in opposition to the highway spending bill before us today – and not just the failed and corrupt substance of the legislation."

Lee Applauds Senate Passage of Obamacare Repeal Bill

Dec 3, 2015

Today the Republican Party took a huge step down the road to repeal Obamacare.

Repealing Obamacare through Reconciliation

Dec 2, 2015

Nearly six years ago this body was on the verge of passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Today, the Senate is poised to repeal that insultingly misnamed law.

Lee, Klobuchar Announce Hearing Date for SABMiller Acquisition by Anheuser-Busch Inbev

Dec 2, 2015

WASHINGTON - Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today announced the committee will hold a hearing on Anheuser-Busch Inbev’s proposal to purchase SABMiller. The hearing will examine how the proposed merger of the world’s two biggest beer producers would impact competition and consumers across the country.  
 
"This hearing will provide an opportunity to publicly examine the impact of the so-called 'beerhemoth' merger on consumers and for the Antitrust Subcommittee to continue its oversight of potentially anticompetitive market consolidation,” Lee said. “I look forward to a productive and informative discussion."
 
“This hearing will allow us the opportunity to examine this deal closely, including the proposed divestitures, to see how it will impact the price of beer for consumers and if it will harm the craft brewers that are creating jobs and economic growth across the country,” said Klobuchar. “We must ensure competition in the $100 billion a year beer industry remains on tap.”
 
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, December 8 at 10:00 a.m. EST in Dirksen Senate Office Building 226, and will stream here. Witnesses include:
 
Carlos Brito
CEO, Anheuser-Busch InBev
 
Mark Hunter
President & CEO, Molson Coors
 
Bob Pease
CEO, Brewers Association
 
Craig Purser
President & CEO, National Beer Wholesalers Association
 
J. Wilson
Minister of Iowa Beer, Iowa Brewers Guild
 
Diana Moss
President, American Antitrust Institute

Lee offers Tribute to Governor Olene Walker

Dec 1, 2015

Olene Walker will be remembered and revered by Utahns - not because of the many "firsts" she pioneered in politics - but for her commitment to leave a legacy of public, and more importantly, private service based on principles that truly last.

Medal Ceremony for Utah Veteran Mr. Roy Kehr

Nov 30, 2015

Yesterday I had the special opportunity of participating in a ceremony at the University of Utah honoring Mr. Roy Kehr, a Utah Veteran with a phenomenal story that has been decades in the making.

Lee Calls on President Obama to Submit Paris Climate Agreement to Senate

Nov 30, 2015

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement today in reaction to the beginning of the United Nations climate conference in Paris.

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, names Allyson Bell as new Chief of Staff

Nov 30, 2015

WASHINGTON—After serving for three years as Senator Lee’s chief of staff, Boyd Matheson is stepping down and will transition to become a consultant to the senator’s reelection campaign. Allyson Bell, who has served as Lee’s administrative director since he took office in 2011,will take over as chief of staff beginning in January.

A Second Start for Head Start

Nov 30, 2015

Nothing is more important to the future of our society – nor more critical to fulfilling our national commitment to equal opportunity – than the care and upbringing of the next generation. This is not a concern that cuts along partisan lines. Both sides of the ideological divide endeavor to craft public policies aimed at strengthening families, supporting parents, and giving every child a fair shot at the American Dream.