Press Releases
Lee, DeSantis Introduce Bill to Expand Higher Education Opportunities
Mar 4, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill that expands higher education opportunities for low-income and middle-class students and families, by opening up the federal accreditation system to state-based alternatives.
Lee, Rubio Introduce Economic Growth and Family Fairness Tax Reform Plan
Mar 4, 2015
WASHINGTON. – U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today unveiled their Economic Growth and Family Fairness Tax Reform Plan. In an effort to fix our broken tax code system, Lee and Rubio outlined their plan to eliminate the bias in the tax code against parents and families, encourage economic growth to create more jobs and better wages, and enhance the ability of businesses to compete globally.
Lee: Congress Should Use It’s Power of the Purse to Prohibit the Implementation of Executive Amnesty
Feb 27, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Lee spoke on the Senate floor before attempting to offer his amendment to H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.
Lee Releases Statement on the FCC’s Decision to Regulate the Internet
Feb 27, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to subject the Internet to federal regulation as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act
Lee Attends Bipartisan Meeting at White House on Criminal Justice Reform
Feb 25, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee attended a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss the need to modernize and reform our criminal justice system.
Lee, Durbin Introduce Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015
Feb 12, 2015
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) were joined by U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to announce legislation to modernize federal drug sentencing polices by giving federal judges more discretion in sentencing those convicted of non-violent drug offenses.
Lee Holds Bicameral Press Conference on DHS Funding Bill
Feb 12, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee held a bicameral press conference to highlight the need for the Senate to proceed to debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
Lee, Flores: Time to End Democrat Obstruction of DHS Funding Bill
Feb 10, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee of Utah, Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, and Congressman Bill Flores of Texas, Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, released the following statements regarding Senate Democrats’ repeated obstruction of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 240
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Introduces Bill to Protect Online Privacy
Feb 4, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee introduced a bipartisan bill that modernizes our nation’s electronic privacy laws and brings protections against warrantless search into harmony with the technological realities of the 21st century. Co-sponsoring the “Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015” (ECPA) is Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Senator Lee.
Lee: Let’s Begin Debate on DHS Funding, Executive Amnesty
Feb 2, 2015
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Mike Lee said the Senate should begin debate on the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that recently passed the House of Representatives. He said the debate would give senators the opportunity to weigh in on President Obama’s executive action.
