Reforming the Endangered Species Act
Jan 21, 2015
Today the Senate voted on an amendment I proposed to the bill to authorize the Keystone Pipeline, which would have limited the amount of fees attorneys can collect when suing the federal government under the Endangered Species Act.
According the Department of Justice, more than 500 ESA-related lawsuits were filed or opened against the federal government since 2009. As a result, federal agencies have to spend their time, energy, and taxpayer-funded resources fighting lawsuits instead of protecting endangered species.
While the amendment received 54 Republican votes, it didn't receive the 60 votes it needed to pass.
There is a lot of work to do to reform the implementation of the Endangered Species Act. This amendment is just one of many reforms that I am developing with my colleagues in the House and the Senate. Hopefully, our future efforts will succeed in providing relief for Americans who have seen their property rights undermined and their economic opportunities diminished by policies that ineffectively protect the environment and disproportionately benefit well-funded activist groups and lawyers.
Higher Education
Jan 16, 2015
Our higher education system – and especially the federal policies that govern access to it – is failing the two-thirds of Americans who never get a B.A., and the large minority of Americans who never set foot on a college campus.
Fixing Broken Government
Jan 16, 2015
Last week Republicans took over the Majority in the Senate, and it could not have come a moment too soon. The American people, exhausted from the failures of President Obama’s dysfunctional administration, have given Republicans an opportunity to take the reins of Congress and move forward on a positive agenda.
Putting Families First
Jan 13, 2015
The family is the first and most important institution of our society – and the foundation of American exceptionalism.
Lee: Build a New Agenda Around the Family
Jan 13, 2015
WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Mike Lee gave remarks at a policy summit hosted by Heritage Action for America outlining many of the challenges American families face as a result of dysfunctional government policy. He said too often Washington leaves behind hardworking families and that a new reform agenda should focus more on protecting the economic and social capital that married households provide.
Transportation
Jan 9, 2015
The federal government also needs to open up America’s transportation system to diversity and experimentation, so that Americans can spend more time with their families in more affordable homes, and less time stuck in traffic.
Transportation
Jan 9, 2015
The federal government also needs to open up America’s transportation system to diversity and experimentation, so that Americans can spend more time with their families in more affordable homes, and less time stuck in traffic.
Republicans for a Positive Agenda
Jan 9, 2015
This week Republicans took over the Majority in the Senate, and it could not have come a moment too soon. The American people, exhausted from failures President Obama’s dysfunctional administration, have given Republicans an opportunity to take the reins of Congress and move forward on a positive agenda.
Feinstein, Lee Introduce Due Process Guarantee Act
Jan 7, 2015
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) today introduced the Due Process Guarantee Act, a bill to protect Americans from being detained indefinitely, without charge or trial.
McConnell Names Sen. Lee as Counsel to Senate Majority Leader
Jan 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today that he has appointed Sen. Mike Lee, (R-UT), to serve as a counsel to the Majority Leader in the 114th Congress.
