Press Releases
Lee, Colleagues Demand Answers from Brown University on Failure to Prevent On-Campus Killings
May 14, 2026
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), along with a coalition of his colleagues in the House and Senate, demanded answers from Brown University regarding the shocking negligence resulting in a recent on-campus killing. The university sacrificed safety equipment to pacify woke ideologues and adopted a blatantly anti-police posture, leaving students hopelessly vulnerable to an on-campus attack that killed two students and injured nine – all while Brown’s alert system lagged for a stunning and deadly seventeen minutes.
Lee Introduces Repeal of Inflated Government Spending Models
Apr 30, 2026
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced legislation to repeal the outdated Davis-Bacon Act to curb inflated government spending on construction projects. U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC) cosponsored the legislation. Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO-07) introduced the House version of the bill.
Lee Cosponsors Ban on Child Sex-Change Procedures with $100K Penalties, Fund for Detransitioning Victims
Apr 29, 2026
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today cosponsored the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors (STOP) Act with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS). This landmark legislation bans gender transition procedures performed on minors, imposes strict civil penalties on perpetrators, and for the first time creates a federal compensation fund dedicated to helping victims detransition using the collected penalty funds.
Lee, Kennedy Cut Financial Red Tape for Small Business Owners
Apr 29, 2026
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored legislation this week with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) defending America’s small businesses from burdensome and intrusive overregulation of their finances. The bill would stop the collection of personal “Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)” from small businessowners and delete this private data from the federal government’s records.
