Sen. Lee Statement on European Commission Google Decisions

Jul 18, 2018

“Today’s decision by the European Commission to fine Google over $5 billion and require significant changes to its business model to satisfy EC bureaucrats has the potential to undermine competition and innovation in the United States,” Sen. Lee said. “Moreover, the decision further demonstrates the different approaches to competition policy between U.S. and EC antitrust enforcers."

Sen. Lee Meets with Judge Kavanaugh

Jul 18, 2018

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday after meeting with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. “It was a pleasure meeting Judge Kavanaugh today,” Sen. Lee said. “His insight into the current state of the law and the Constitution shows he is just the kind of originalist jurist we need on the Court.”

Made in USA

Jul 18, 2018

When Americans see a “Made in USA” label on a product, it is often a source of pride. It represents the American virtues of entrepreneurialism and industriousness. It is a symbol of support for American manufacturing jobs and high-quality products. And it often spurs American consumers to buy that product.

July 17, 2018 – Mobile Office Visit to Carbon County

Jul 17, 2018

What: Mobile Office Visit to Price When: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Where: USU Eastern, 451 E 400 N, Price, UT 84501

Sharing the Defense Burden

Jul 13, 2018

President Trump may have offended some of our allies this week when he delivered a stern message reminding them of their unmet defense spending promises, but it was not a message they haven’t head before. "If we’ve got collective defense,” then-President Obama said at a 2014 NATO press conference in Brussels, “it means that everybody’s got to chip in, and I have had some concerns about a diminished level of defense spending among some of our partners in NATO. Not all, but many.”

The Transportation Empowerment Act

Jul 13, 2018

Americans are increasingly divided on many issues, but federal funding for interstate highways isn’t one of them. The American people broadly support federal spending to maintain the interstate highway system and the federal gas tax has been a reasonable, but not perfect, way to pay for it.

Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2018

Jul 12, 2018

“NATO and other mutual defense agreements have a purpose,” Sen. Lee said, “but until we no longer bear the greatest brunt of the financial burden, we cannot and should not consider expanding these commitments. The information included in this report would be instrumental in informing Congress’ oversight of our own military and defense spending and would help educate lawmakers on the return on investment we receive in exchange for our involvement in global alliances.”

This bill will protect rural Utahns from abuses of the Antiquities Act

Jul 11, 2018

Twice in the past 20 years, Washington politicians serving wealthy out-of-state special interests attacked Utah’s rural communities. President Donald Trump provided these communities some temporary relief in October, but if we want to permanently protect Utah’s rural economy from outside intervention, we need to act now.

Sen. Lee Introduces the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy (PURE) Act

Jul 11, 2018

“Rural Americans want what all Americans want: a dignified decent-paying job, a family to love and support, and a healthy community whose future is determined by local residents – not their self-styled betters thousands of miles away,” Sen. Lee said. “That is why I am introducing the Protect Utah’s Rural Economy Act today, a bill that would protect Utah from future abuses under the Antiquities Act by prohibiting the president from establishing or expanding a national monument in Utah unless the proposed monument has been authorized by an act of Congress and the state legislature.”

Sens. Lee, Rubio, Cruz Introduce Transportation Empowerment Act

Jul 10, 2018

“The federal government’s Highway Trust Fund is broke, and another year of band aid funding is not going to fix it,” Sen. Lee said. “Different states have different values and needs. State and local governments are perfectly capable of reflecting those values and meeting those needs with unique, customized transportation policies without the interference of politicians, bureaucrats, and special interests in Washington. The Interstate Highway System was completed decades ago, drivers are buying less gas, and the federal government has wasted far too much money on non-highway projects. It is just an outdated system that is long overdue for reform.”