Make Congress Great Again

Feb 5, 2016

The federal government is broken, and congressional weakness is to blame.

Rise of the Occupational Licensing Cartel

Feb 5, 2016

Should only dentists be allowed to whiten people’s teeth? Or is this a service anyone should be allowed to offer?

Lee Applauds Gov. Herbert’s Sage Grouse Law Suit

Feb 4, 2016

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Thursday, after Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced he is suing Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to stop Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service implementation of their sage grouse management plan.
 
“I commend Gov. Herbert’s decision to fight the Obama administration’s efforts to control federal land in Utah from Washington, DC,” Lee said. “Western states have a well-established and exemplarily record of implementing their own sage grouse conservation plans and there is zero need for other federal agencies to get involved.”

Lee, Grassley, Law Enforcement Officials to Hold Forum on Criminal Justice Reform

Feb 3, 2016

WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, February 9 at 4:00 p.m. EST, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will join members of law enforcement to discuss their perspectives on the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015. The briefing follows a pair of letters Republican leaders circulated to colleagues. In the letters, more than 130 law enforcement leaders urged Congress to pass the measure because federal sentencing reform will reduce both crime and unnecessary incarceration.
 
Who
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Hon. Michael B. Mukasey, Former Attorney General of the United States for President George W. Bush
Ronal Serpas, Chairman, Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration Former Police Superintendent, New Orleans, Louisiana
William McManus, Police Chief, San Antonio, Texas
Richard J. Pocker, Former U.S. Attorney, District of Nevada
 
Where
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 224
 
When
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. EST
 

Make Congress Great Again

Feb 3, 2016

This is the Article I Project in a nutshell: it’s a new network of House and Senate conservatives working together on a new agenda of government reform and congressional rehabilitation. The premise of the Article I Project is simple: the federal government is broken, and congressional weakness is to blame. The authors of the Constitution made Congress the most powerful of the federal government’s three co-equal branches. Congress was designed both as the most powerful and the most accountable to the people.

A1P: Mission Q&A

Feb 3, 2016

The Article I Project (A1P) is a new network of House and Senate conservatives working together on broad agenda of reform to strengthen Congress by reclaiming its constitutional legislative powers that are now being improperly exercised by the Executive Branch.

A1P: Restoring Regulatory Accountability

Feb 3, 2016

“It’s Congress’s job to make sure federal regulations work for the American people, not the other way around.”

A1P: At a Glance

Feb 3, 2016

Washington is Broken and Only a Strong Congress Can Fix It

A1P: Power of the Purse

Feb 3, 2016

“When Congress is back in charge of federal spending, the American people will quickly be back in charge of the federal government.”

Giving Americans a Voice in Land Management Decisions

Feb 2, 2016

"But there’s one story that nearly every Utahn knows: President Bill Clinton’s infamous use of the Antiquities Act in 1996 to designate as a national monument more than 1.5 million acres of land in southern Utah – what would become known as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument."