Stop President Obama’s Last Special-Interest Bailout
Dec 2, 2016
In December 2008, just weeks after President Obama was first elected, environmental activists sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), claiming that the agency had failed to regulate certain “hazardous air pollutants” emitted by power plants pursuant to the Clean Air Act.
November 30, 2016 – Mobile Office Visit to Woods Cross
Nov 30, 2016
Mobile Office Visit to Woods Cross
When: Wednesday, November 30, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Woods Cross City Hall, 1555 South 800 West, Woods Cross, UT 84087
November 28, 2016 – Mobile Office Visit to Marriott-Slaterville
Nov 28, 2016
Mobile Office Visit to Marriott-Slaterville
When: Monday, November 28, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Where: City Hall Building, 1570 West 400 North, Marriott-Slaterville, UT 84404
November 28, 2016 – Mobile Office Visit to Huntsville
Nov 28, 2016
Mobile Office Visit to Huntsville
When: Monday, November 28, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: WHuntsville Town Hall, 7309 East 200 South, Huntsville, UT 84317
The Poverty Measurement Improvement Act
Nov 18, 2016
Since President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty in 1964, the federal government has spent over $22 trillion on means-tested welfare programs.
Toward a Principled Populism
Nov 18, 2016
“It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones,” Calvin Coolidge once said. But with a unified federal government soon to be in Republican hands, maybe we can do a bit of both.
Lee Backs Sessions Appointment as Attorney General
Nov 18, 2016
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Friday in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his nominee for U.S. attorney general:
“Sen. Sessions’ solid understanding of the Constitution and firm commitment to the rule of law is exactly what the Justice Department needs. I have worked closely with Sen. Sessions on the Judiciary Committee over these past six years and I have every confidence that he will make a great Attorney General for all Americans."
Sen. Lee Introduces Poverty Measurement Improvement Act
Nov 17, 2016
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Poverty Measurement Act today, a bill designed to improve the income and demographic data available to lawmakers when analyzing our nation’s safety net programs.
Bipartisan, bicameral bill would delay changes to government hacking powers
Nov 17, 2016
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Al Franken (D-Minn.), together with Reps. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas), introduced legislation to provide Congress the time necessary to seriously consider and debate the proposed changes to Rule 41 that would expand the government's ability to search computers and other digital devices. The Review the Rule Act would delay the proposed changes to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 from going into force until July 1, 2017. Without congressional action, the proposed changes will go into effect on December 1, 2016.
Sen. Lee Congratulates President-Elect Trump
Nov 9, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday congratulating President-Elect Donald Trump:
“This entire election year has been humbling for all Americans, and especially so for the political establishment in Washington, D.C. The message of 2016 is that the American people have become increasingly skeptical of the federal government.”
