Make Disaster Spending Responsible Again
May 24, 2019
This Thursday the United States Senate passed a $19 billion disaster spending bill supplementing the already $7.9 billion dollars Congress appropriated for disaster relief in 2018.
This extra emergency spending has become a far too common an occurrence in Washington. In the last five years alone, Congress has spent more than $173 billion dollars outside the discretionary caps for emergency spending and disaster aid.
Sen. Lee Introduces Government Spectrum Valuation Act
May 23, 2019
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Government Spectrum Valuation Act Monday, a bill designed to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned to each federal agency as a first step towards meeting the nations spectrum needs.
“The United States is in the midst of a ‘virtual renaissance’ that is full of opportunities for innovation that could transform the quality of life for millions of Americans.” Sen. Lee said. “The Government Spectrum Valuation Act will help us better make decisions on how to free up the radio frequency we need to make this future a reality.”
Lee and Romney Congratulate Howard Nielson on Confirmation
May 22, 2019
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) issued the following statement today after the United States Senate voted to confirm Provo native Howard Nielson to the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
Senate Conservatives Ask Appropriators to Hold the Line on Life Protections
May 22, 2019
WASHINGTON – Twenty-five conservative senators sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday, asking the committee to preserve all existing pro-life and religious freedom protections in all future appropriations bills produced by the committee.
“The unborn are the most vulnerable members of our society, yet they are under attack,” the letter reads. “In 2015 alone, 638,169 unborn children lost their lives to abortion. This is a terrible tragedy, and we must continue to prevent federal funding from supporting the unjust practice of elective abortion.”
Romney, Lee, Braun, Toomey Introduce Legislation to Require Congress to Budget for Natural Disasters
May 21, 2019
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Pat Toomey (R-PA) today introduced the Budgeting for Disasters Act, legislation that would require future disaster funding to fall within statutory budget limits. A summary of the legislation is available here.
“It is long overdue for Congress to start planning ahead for natural disasters,” Romney said. “By building disaster spending into the annual budget process, instead of busting our spending limits and adding to our national debt, our bill will both ensure that funding is available for disaster assistance and save taxpayers billions of dollars every year.”
Holding the Swamp Accountable
May 17, 2019
On at least eight separate occasions between March 2008 and June 2012, President Obama told the American people he did not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally rewrite our nation’s immigration laws.
Then, on June 15, 2012, at the height of a presidential election, President Obama did exactly what he had previously swore he had no power to do: he unilaterally granted temporary amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants through his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. And all this happened just months after Congress specifically rejected legislation that President Obama was now essentially implementing through executive fiat.
Wild Horses
May 17, 2019
Few images are more iconic than a wild mustang running freely through the open pastures of the mountain West. Unfortunately, the nasty reality of wild horse management doesn’t match that fantasy.
Congress formally recognized the need to protect wild mustangs with passage of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. At the time, many Americans believed some of the methods used to cull horse herds were inhumane and needed to be regulated. The WFRHBA placed wild horses under federal management, making culling or even harassing horses illegal.
Sen. Lee Urges No Vote on Divisive Equality Act
May 17, 2019
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Friday, ahead of the House of Representative vote on H.R. 5.
“Americans are becoming more tolerant every day, which is why the Equality Act is so counterproductive. It unnecessarily pits communities against each other and divides our nation when patience and understanding are so sorely needed.”
Sen. Lee Introduces Agency Accountability Act
May 14, 2019
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Agency Accountability Act Tuesday, a bill designed to increase transparency, oversight, and accountability over the executive branch.
“Congress has given far too much power and authority to the executive branch and it is far past time for us to start taking it back,” Sen. Lee said. “By forcing government agencies to get approval from Congress before spending government money, the Agency Accountability Act is an essential element of any effort to rein in executive branch overreach.”
Why Are We Bringing Back Beijing’s Bank?
May 10, 2019
Why did the United States Senate revive one of China’s favorite sources of American tax dollars right as President Trump is about to escalate our nation’s trade dispute with the communist government in China?
It just makes no sense.
