Internet Freedom
Feb 27, 2015
Earlier this week three of the five unelected, politically appointed bureaucrats who currently sit as commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission voted to grant themselves and their agency the power to regulate the Internet – its millions of American users and trillions of dollars in economic activity – with the same antiquated rules designed for the monopolistic landline telephone industry in the 20th century.
Principled, Positive, and Proven
Feb 26, 2015
Because true conservatism isn’t just about the kind of government we don’t want; it’s about the kind of country we do want.
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.
Senator Lee and Senator Booker Discuss Criminal Justice Reform with the Doug Wright Show
Feb 25, 2015
Yesterday I attended a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss the need to modernize and reform our criminal justice system.
President Obama invited me and several of my colleagues in Congress – from both parties – to join him and Vice President Biden for a conversation on how we can work together to address the challenges of over-criminalization, over-incarceration, and over-sentencing in America.
Reporting to the Utah Legislature
Feb 20, 2015
Earlier this week I delivered my annual report to the Utah House of Representatives and the Utah State Senate. During every year of my Senate service, I have taken the opportunity to visit with the fine men and women of these legislative bodies that make Utah one of the best-managed states in the nation.
If you can keep it
Feb 13, 2015
America is often described as an “experiment,” in the sense that the fate of the nation is never a foregone conclusion. This is what Benjamin Franklin meant when he famously declared that our constitutional convention had produced “a republic... if you can keep it.”
Criminal Justice
Feb 13, 2015
America’s criminal justice system is in need of reform not because current policies have failed, but in many ways because those policies have succeeded. Prevailing law-enforcement strategies have helped make communities safer around the country, but not without a high cost. Although America has only 5% of the world’s population, it has more than 25% of the world’s prison population. America now incarcerates more people than any other country.
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, 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, 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
