Sens. Lee and Cruz Take Aim at DOJ’s Operation Choke Point
Apr 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) today introduced legislation fighting the Obama administration’s Operation Choke Point, a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative that unconstitutionally sought to choke off access to banking services for sellers of firearms and other lawful business enterprises. This legislation sponsored by Sens. Cruz and Lee serves as a companion bill to U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s (R-Mo.) Financial Institution Customer Protection Act (H.R. 766), which passed the House with bipartisan support in February.
How will A1P change relationship between agencies and Congress
Apr 12, 2016
Senator Mike Lee and Congresswoman Mia Love answer questions about how the Article I Project will change the relationship between agencies and Congress at the Hinkley Institute of Politics.
Congress Has Duty to Respond to FCC’s Open Internet Order
Apr 8, 2016
Many condemned this week’s news that Netflix has reduced the quality of its video stream for certain wireless customers as a violation of the Federal Communications Commission’s year-old Open Internet Order, or what’s commonly called “net neutrality.” However, several FCC commissioners have stated that they have no power to prevent Netflix from doing this, as net neutrality applies only to Internet Service Providers.
The Federal Bureaucracy Strikes Again
Apr 8, 2016
If you want to understand the corruption, deceit, and might-makes-right culture at the core of the federal government’s dysfunction and disgrace today, look no further than the two big stories out of Washington this week.
Lee, Klobuchar Praise DOJ’s Comments on Canadian Pacific’s Proposed Voting Trust
Apr 8, 2016
WASHINGTON—Senators Lee and Klobuchar, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights today issued the following statements on the Department of Justice’s determination that Canadian Pacific’s proposed voting trust “risks irreversible harm” to competition.
Lee, Klobuchar to Hold Hearing on Section 5 Competition Methods
Apr 4, 2016
WASHINGTON—Tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. EDT, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, will hold a hearing entitled "Section 5 and 'Unfair Methods of Competition': Protecting Competition or Increasing Uncertainty?” in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Lee, Klobuchar to Hold Hearing on Section 5 Competition Methods
Mar 31, 2016
WASHINGTON—Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing on April 5th at 2:15p.m., in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, entitled "Section 5 and 'Unfair Methods of Competition': Protecting Competition or Increasing Uncertainty?"
The witnesses testifying at the hearing will be former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright, Stanford Law professor Doug Melamed, Columbia Law professor Tim Wu, and Latham & Watkins partner Amanda Reeves.
Senator Mike Lee, Congresswoman Mia Love Host A1P Discussion Forums at U of U, UVU
Mar 30, 2016
Today, the vast majority of federal “laws”—upwards of 95 percent—are not passed by the House and Senate and signed by the president as the Constitution directs; they are imposed unilaterally by unelected Executive Branch bureaucrats. The purpose of A1P is to develop, advance, and ultimately enact an agenda of structural reforms to strengthen Congress by reclaiming its constitutional legislative powers that today are being improperly exercised by the Executive Branch.
Remarks on Separation of Powers Restoration Act: Ending Chevron Deference
Mar 23, 2016
"Chevron deference is hardly the only problem with the administrative state, nor is it the biggest. But it may be the one with the clearest and most obvious fix."
Lee Klobuchar Commend FTC Commissioner Brill’s Service
Mar 22, 2016
WASHINGTON—Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, issued the following statements today on Commissioner Julie Brill's announced departure from the FTC.
