Speeches
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."
The Secretive, Undemocratic Process Behind the Omnibus
Dec 17, 2015
The bill moving through Congress today and tomorrow – made up of the omnibus spending bill and tax extenders package – and the process that produced it are an affront to the Constitution – to they very idea of constitutionalism – and an insult to the American people.
There's a Better Way to Improve America's Schools
Dec 8, 2015
Later today the Senate will vote on the “Every Student Succeeds Act” – a bill that reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is the legislation governing federal K-12 education policy.
The Failed Policy and Cynical Process of the Highway Bill
Dec 4, 2015
"I rise in opposition to the highway spending bill before us today – and not just the failed and corrupt substance of the legislation."
Repealing Obamacare through Reconciliation
Dec 2, 2015
Nearly six years ago this body was on the verge of passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Today, the Senate is poised to repeal that insultingly misnamed law.
