Press Releases
Lee, Paul, Cruz: Senate to Vote on Gun Bill No One Has Read
Apr 11, 2013
This morning the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to the firearms bill (S.649). It is expected that the Toomey-Manchin provision announced yesterday will replace the current language regarding background checks.
Lee: Timing of Immigration Hearing “Completely Inadequate”
Apr 10, 2013
A single hearing scheduled so quickly to discuss legislative language that is not yet even available is completely inadequate for Senators or the American people to get answers to the many questions a bill of this magnitude will inevitably raise. We could not possibly have a meaningful hearing with a substantive discussion of what will surely be over 1,000 pages of provisions we haven't even yet seen.
Senator Lee Shares Voices of American Citizens Who Want to Protect 2nd Amendment
Apr 10, 2013
The President has spent several weeks evoking the tragedy at Sandy Hook and highlighting the voices of the victims in an effort to promote his gun control proposals. But he has not explained to the American people how any of his new gun control measures would have prevented that or any other terrible tragedy or reduced gun violence in any measurable way.
Lee: We have no intention of preventing debate or votes on gun control bills
Apr 10, 2013
For several weeks now, Washington and the rest of the country have been debating several new gun control proposals. Along with a number of my colleagues, including the Minority Leader, I have declared my intention to resist an immediate vote on any new restrictions that would serve primarily to limit the freedoms of law-abiding citizens rather than reduce violent crime.
