Sen. Lee Signs Letter Asking President Trump to Reject State Bailouts
Apr 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sens. Mike Lee, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, and Mike Enzi sent a letter to President Trump urging the Administration to reject states’ efforts to receive taxpayer dollars for non-Coronavirus related expenses, like bail-outs for unfunded pensions or to backfill lost revenue.
Washington won’t fix the covid-19 crisis alone. But it can harness the private sector.
Apr 28, 2020
The biggest mistake policymakers can make as we begin to dig out from the covid-19 shutdown is assuming that we’ll be able to intuit all the answers.
In the initial emergency, as workers were ordered home and businesses closed, our first reaction was to give money to businesses and workers to make up for lost incomes. But this was always a short-term solution. The urgent task was getting money out the door. And we have. Both Congress and the Federal Reserve have made trillions of dollars available to American businesses and families to help get through the shutdown phase of the crisis.
Sens. Lee, Klobuchar Call on Law Enforcement to Investigate Meat Supply Chain
Apr 27, 2020
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, and Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, wrote a letter to the Justice Department, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), calling on the agencies to identify problems and implement appropriate solutions to help ensure that our country’s food markets work for consumers, as well as our farmers, ranchers, and packers.
Reopening America, One Community at a Time
Apr 23, 2020
It has been just over one month since Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. Since that day our lives have been turned upside down. Schools have been closed, stay-at-home orders issued, businesses shuttered and lives lost.
This has been a trying time for our country.
Sen. Lee Delivers Floor Remarks on the Need for Senate to Reconvene
Apr 22, 2020
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) yesterday spoke on the Senate floor on the essential need for the Senate to reconvene and take up legislation to reopen the American economy.
“We've seen health care providers working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We've seen the president and his staff at the White House working 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
It's Time for the Senate to Get Back to Work
Apr 21, 2020
Mr. President, it's with a heavy heart that I come to the floor of the Senate today.
Over the last few weeks I’ve talked to countless people throughout Utah and across the nation, but especially in Utah, about the troubles that they have encountered; about the profound sadness that the American people are experiencing right now; the frustrations that they have.
Sen Lee sends letter of support for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and Secure Rural Schools (SRS) programs
Apr 17, 2020
Senator Lee sent a letter to all of his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to encourage their support for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and Secure Rural Schools (SRS) programs. These programs are vital to the economic security of Utah’s counties, especially the rural ones whose lands are predominately owned by the federal government. Senator Lee will continue to champion these causes and seek long-term reforms to ensure they better serve Utahns.
Economic Recovery Submissions
Apr 16, 2020
I ask you, the people and businesses of Utah, to collaborate with me and submit any ideas or issues to consider as we begin the process of reopening up our economy. The more collaborative the efforts, the better the outcome.
Sen. Lee Named to President’s Economic Task Force
Apr 16, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) was named to President Trump’s Congressional Economic Task Force on Wednesday. The bipartisan and bicameral group of federal lawmakers will provide counsel to President Trump on the reopening of the American economy.
