Sens. Lee and Harris Introduce Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act
Feb 7, 2019
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act Wednesday, a bill that would remove per-country caps for employment-based green cards.
“Immigrants should not be penalized due to their country of origin,” Sen. Lee said. “Treating people fairly and equally is part of our founding creed and the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act reflects that belief. Immigration is often a contentious issue, but we should not delay progress in areas where there is bipartisan consensus just because we have differences in a other areas."
Honoring Major Brent Taylor
Feb 5, 2019
On November 3, 2018, this country lost a true American hero: Major Brent Taylor of Ogden, Utah, who gave the ultimate sacrifice while deployed in Afghanistan.
Major Taylor died as he lived: going above and beyond the call of duty to his country, state, and family.
Senate Passes Resolution Renaming VA Outstation After Major Brent Taylor
Feb 5, 2019
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate agreed unanimously to rename the North Ogden Department of Veteran’s Affairs Outstation the Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation Tuesday. Major Brent Taylor was the Mayor of North Ogden when he made the ultimate sacrifice on November 3, 2018 while deployed in Afghanistan. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) has introduced companion legislation in the House.
“In every aspect of his life, Major Taylor was a shining example of patriotism, sacrifice, and service,” Sen. Lee said on the floor of the United Senate while securing unanimous consent for the resolution’s passage. “It is only right that we honor his extraordinary life. And to that end, it would only be a fitting tribute to rename the Ogden veterans’ center as the ‘Major Brent Taylor Vet Center Outstation.’ ”
Remarks on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Feb 4, 2019
On the morning of April 5, 1977, a 17-year-old girl – scared, alone, and 7 ½ months pregnant – set foot in a Los Angeles abortion clinic.
She had been advised to get a saline abortion – a procedure in which an injected saline solution burns a baby inside the womb, who is then delivered dead about 24 hours later. So she signed some papers, received the injection, and waited for the poison to run its course.
But the child, little Gianna Jessen, had other ideas.
Make CBO Show Their Work
Feb 1, 2019
In 2009, when Congress was debating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the Congressional Budget Office estimated that, if the stimulus became law, 8.4 million new jobs would be created by 2012 and unemployment would fall from 9 percent to 6.0 percent.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act did become law, and the federal government did spend almost $900 billion on solar panels, home weatherization, and bullet trains to nowhere, but none of the CBO’s economic predictions became true. Instead of falling by 3 points to 6 percent, unemployment fell by less than half that (1.2 points) to 7.8 percent. And instead of creating 8 million new jobs by 2012, the stimulus managed far less than that at just 2.6 million new jobs.
February 1, 2019 – Mobile Office Visit to Salt Lake County
Feb 1, 2019
What: Mobile Office Visit to Taylorsville
When: Friday, February 1, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Where: Taylorsville City Hall, 2600 W Taylorsville Blvd, Taylorsville, UT 84129
Constitutional Tort Reform
Feb 1, 2019
Conservatives often face a difficult problem that progressives do not when attempting to reform public policy problems at the federal level.
For progressives, everything is a national issue that should be solved by the federal government. For conservatives, however, the United States Constitution gave only some enumerated powers to the federal government and intended the rest of governmental authority to be left to the states.
Sen. Lee Celebrates 1000th Mobile Office Visit
Feb 1, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) will join his staff at Taylorsville City Hall today, to celebrate the 1000th Mobile Office visit made available to the people of Utah.
“I want my office to be open and available to all Utahns as often as possible,” Sen. Lee said. “The best way to achieve that is by going directly to them. Utahns deal with a range of federal issues – from Social Security to veterans benefits to navigating the bureaucracy of the federal government – and I want my staff to be there to help them get answers.”
January 31, 2019 – Mobile Office Visit to Weber County
Jan 31, 2019
What: Mobile Office Visit to Farr West
When: Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Where: Farr West City Hall, 1896 North 1800 West, Farr West, UT 84404
Sen. Lee Reintroduces “CBO Show Your Work” Bill
Jan 31, 2019
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduced the “CBO Show Your Work” Act Wednesday, legislation designed to improve the legislative process by making the Congressional Budget Office more transparent and accountable.
“Congress does need a scorekeeper to provide budgetary estimates for the policy changes it considers,” Sen. Lee said. “But at a bare minimum, that scorekeeper should be forced to show how its models work. Currently the CBO doesn’t have to do that.”
