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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

I've lost track of how many constituents have come to me themselves in tears talking about seeing their daughters, their sons subjected to invasive groping searches.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

Currently, there are 22 airports in the United States that participate in the TSA's Screening Partnership Program, or SPP.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

Shouldn't be that be an apples-to-apples comparison?

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

As a member of the U.S. Senate, I'd be concerned about costs that extend farther than your agency.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

In 2015, when the General Accountability Office produced a report, it reported that contract award prices for private screeners within the SPP Program carried an average of 11 percent in savings.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

Is the SPP a viable option? Is that an attractive option? If so, why?

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

In both 2015 and 2017, the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General revealed some very alarming fail rates.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

Without Chairman Bishop's leadership this resolution would not have been possible.

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Rob Bishop
@robbishop· Republican · UT· Sep 4, 2018

I believe H.R. 6583 represents the best solution to resolve this legal dilemma.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I think that all maybe stems from the same philosophical understanding that we are imperfect beings, and that we divide power, and that we make sure that no one person in a jury situation or other situations where our liberty can be…

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I am deeply sympathetic to the frustration people feel when they do not have access to documents they want.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

We are just doing what the law allows us here to do.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

the Presidency would not be a monarchy, and it specified all the ways that under the Constitution the President is not above the law, no one is above the law in the United States of America.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

when you create an entity within the Federal Government, within the executive branch, it is not accountable to anyone

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

Our local communities cannot tax the land, and property taxes are where in most States, including my own, a lot of the money comes from to fund schools.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

The Federal Government owns two-thirds of the land in the State of Utah, even more in Nevada.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I have great respect for teachers. Both my parents worked as educators in different capacities...

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 3, 2018

I consider this most unfortunate given that this was entirely within the control of at least one of my Democratic colleagues to do this.

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