Sen. Lee Serves Utah Fare to Senate Colleagues
May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) will serve Utah-made tacos, tortilla chips, salsa, and cookies to his Republican Senate colleagues this Thursday at the weekly conference lunch.
“We all need to support each other through this difficult time, and one way to do that is eating at local restaurants and buying local food,” Sen. Lee said. “That is why I am so proud to serve Angelica’s tacos at this Thursday’s Senate Republican lunch.”
Each week the Senate is in session, Republican senators take turns providing lunch to their Republican colleagues.
This Thursday Sen. Lee will be serving tacos from Angelica’s in St. George, Utah, along with Don Julio tortilla chips, Salsa Queen salsa, and Crumbl cookies.
Sen. Lee and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Let States Approve and Distribute Diagnostic Tests During Public Health Emergency
May 19, 2020
WASHINGTON – As states begin to safely re-open and Americans return to work, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Right to Test Act – legislation to let states approve and distribute diagnostic tests when the state or federal government has declared a public health emergency. The bill was written by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and cosponsored by Sens. Lee, Mike Braun (R-IN), and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).
Sen. Lee Joins Letter Urging Regulatory Relief
May 14, 2020
WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) joined 27 other senators in signing a letter to leadership urging the Senate to take action to provide businesses with regulatory relief in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic.
“In contrast to unsustainable increases in federal spending, the easing of regulatory burdens – estimated to cost businesses as much as $1.9 trillion – will have broader macroeconomic effects by promoting competition and private investment,” the Senators write. “We stand ready to work with you to adopt commonsense regulatory relief in an effort to promote long-term economic recovery following the COVID-19 healthcare crisis.
Senate Passes Lee-Leahy FISA Amendment
May 13, 2020
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Wednesday after the Senate voted 77-19 to adopt the Lee-Leahy Amendment to USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020.
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. But men are not angels so our government will always need oversight and accountability to make sure it doesn’t abuse its power. The Lee-Leahy Amendment just passed by the Senate will help bring some much-needed oversight and accountability to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. More work still needs to be done, but this is good reform in the right direction, and I look forward to final passage of this FISA reform legislation.”
FISA needs reform. Our amendment would do that — and protect constitutional rights.
May 10, 2020
The Fourth Amendment is clear: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.” While the Founders could not have imagined the technology of today, the amendment should leave no doubt that our “effects” include our private emails, texts, images and calls, which often contain the most personal details of our lives.
The Flynn Travesty And FISA Reform
May 8, 2020
Another day, another egregious example of prosecutorial abuse by the federal government. The American people need stronger protections against federal law enforcement malfeasance, and we can secure more protections next week with real FISA reform.
This week, new documents from the FBI investigation of former-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn were released to the public and they paint a troubling picture of FBI agents and officials bending the rules to entrap an innocent American who committed no crime.
Washington won’t fix the covid-19 crisis alone. But it can harness the private sector.
May 1, 2020
The biggest mistake policymakers can make as we begin to dig out from the covid-19 shutdown is assuming that we’ll be able to intuit all the answers.
In the initial emergency, as workers were ordered home and businesses closed, our first reaction was to give money to businesses and workers to make up for lost incomes. But this was always a short-term solution. The urgent task was getting money out the door. And we have. Both Congress and the Federal Reserve have made trillions of dollars available to American businesses and families to help get through the shutdown phase of the crisis.
Sen. Lee Signs Letter Asking President Trump to Reject State Bailouts
Apr 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Sens. Mike Lee, Rick Scott, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, and Mike Enzi sent a letter to President Trump urging the Administration to reject states’ efforts to receive taxpayer dollars for non-Coronavirus related expenses, like bail-outs for unfunded pensions or to backfill lost revenue.
Washington won’t fix the covid-19 crisis alone. But it can harness the private sector.
Apr 28, 2020
The biggest mistake policymakers can make as we begin to dig out from the covid-19 shutdown is assuming that we’ll be able to intuit all the answers.
In the initial emergency, as workers were ordered home and businesses closed, our first reaction was to give money to businesses and workers to make up for lost incomes. But this was always a short-term solution. The urgent task was getting money out the door. And we have. Both Congress and the Federal Reserve have made trillions of dollars available to American businesses and families to help get through the shutdown phase of the crisis.
