Lee, DeSantis Introduce Bill to Expand Higher Education Opportunities

Mar 4, 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill that expands higher education opportunities for low-income and middle-class students and families, by opening up the federal accreditation system to state-based alternatives.

Lee: Congress Should Use It’s Power of the Purse to Prohibit the Implementation of Executive Amnesty

Feb 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Lee spoke on the Senate floor before attempting to offer his amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.

Building Bipartisan Support for Conservative Reforms

Feb 27, 2015

This week I attended a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss the need to modernize and reform our criminal justice system.

Lee Releases Statement on the FCC’s Decision to Regulate the Internet

Feb 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to subject the Internet to federal regulation as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act

Internet Freedom

Feb 27, 2015

Earlier this week three of the five unelected, politically appointed bureaucrats who currently sit as commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission voted to grant themselves and their agency the power to regulate the Internet – its millions of American users and trillions of dollars in economic activity – with the same antiquated rules designed for the monopolistic landline telephone industry in the 20th century.

Principled, Positive, and Proven

Feb 26, 2015

Because true conservatism isn’t just about the kind of government we don’t want; it’s about the kind of country we do want.

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.

Senator Lee and Senator Booker Discuss Criminal Justice Reform with the Doug Wright Show

Feb 25, 2015

Yesterday I attended a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss the need to modernize and reform our criminal justice system. President Obama invited me and several of my colleagues in Congress – from both parties – to join him and Vice President Biden for a conversation on how we can work together to address the challenges of over-criminalization, over-incarceration, and over-sentencing in America.

Reporting to the Utah Legislature

Feb 20, 2015

Earlier this week I delivered my annual report to the Utah House of Representatives and the Utah State Senate. During every year of my Senate service, I have taken the opportunity to visit with the fine men and women of these legislative bodies that make Utah one of the best-managed states in the nation.

If you can keep it

Feb 13, 2015

America is often described as an “experiment,” in the sense that the fate of the nation is never a foregone conclusion. This is what Benjamin Franklin meant when he famously declared that our constitutional convention had produced “a republic... if you can keep it.”