Lee Statement on Protecting Religious Liberties
Jan 27, 2015
Discrimination and intolerance of any kind are unacceptable and all Americans should be afforded protection under the law. And within the law, we can find the appropriate balance that respects all views while protecting fundamental liberties.
Tax reform shouldn't penalize single-worker families
Jan 27, 2015
If you’ve been following national politics lately, you might have noticed the two political parties seem to have found some common ground. Almost everyone in Washington today is talking about the same thing: helping America’s working and middle-class families.
Lee to Chair Antitrust Subcommittee, Klobuchar Will be Ranking Member
Jan 26, 2015
Today, Senator Mike Lee announced that he will chair the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as the Ranking Member.
Regulatory Reform
Jan 26, 2015
The regulatory state affects us all in different ways, but it truly does affect us all – some for the better and some for the worse. I invite you to join me in an effort to reform our regulatory state.
Work-Life Balance
Jan 23, 2015
Finding an acceptable and sustainable work-life balance is a constant challenge for many working families today. Parents need to juggle the responsibilities and opportunities that come with pursuing a career, maintaining a home, raising kids, and engaging in the community. For working parents, time is often their most precious commodity. But our current federal labor laws unfairly restrict the way moms and dads and everyone else can use their time.
Lee Fights Red Tape on Federal Lands
Jan 23, 2015
WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee offered an amendment that would make federal permitting for oil and gas development more efficient and force the Bureau of Land Management to follow current law requiring all applications to be approved or deniedyapplications within 30 days. Lee said there is no justifiable reason for delays amounting to hundreds of days and that his bill, and the greater certainty it would bring, would improve economic and national security.
Reunify. Reconnect. Restore.
Jan 23, 2015
As Republicans reflect on what to do with our largest congressional majority since 1929, we must ask ourselves: how did we get here, and what must be done to get to where we want to be?
Lee, McConnell Introduce Comp-Time Bill to Help Working Families
Jan 22, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill to help workers handle the constant challenge of work-life balance by allowing all individuals who work overtime to choose between monetary compensation or comp-time. The “Working Family Flexibility Act” would free workers to choose the best way to alleviate the difficulties of juggling work, home, kids, and community. Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama has introduced a companion bill in the House.
Reforming the Endangered Species Act
Jan 21, 2015
Today the Senate voted on an amendment I proposed to the bill to authorize the Keystone Pipeline, which would have limited the amount of fees attorneys can collect when suing the federal government under the Endangered Species Act.
According the Department of Justice, more than 500 ESA-related lawsuits were filed or opened against the federal government since 2009. As a result, federal agencies have to spend their time, energy, and taxpayer-funded resources fighting lawsuits instead of protecting endangered species.
While the amendment received 54 Republican votes, it didn't receive the 60 votes it needed to pass.
There is a lot of work to do to reform the implementation of the Endangered Species Act. This amendment is just one of many reforms that I am developing with my colleagues in the House and the Senate. Hopefully, our future efforts will succeed in providing relief for Americans who have seen their property rights undermined and their economic opportunities diminished by policies that ineffectively protect the environment and disproportionately benefit well-funded activist groups and lawyers.
Higher Education
Jan 16, 2015
Our higher education system – and especially the federal policies that govern access to it – is failing the two-thirds of Americans who never get a B.A., and the large minority of Americans who never set foot on a college campus.
