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Mike Lee

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Mike Shumway Lee is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Utah, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Lee has focused on issues such as limited government, individual liberties, and constitutional rights throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for fiscal responsibility and has often emphasized the importance of adhering to the Constitution in legislative matters.

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August 2, 2026

We got to figure out something to do with that.

Mike Lee

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  1. Tell your senators: Pass the SAVE America Act.8 sources2026ncnewsline.com
  2. States that choose to sue their fellow basin states over Colorado River operations should not expect Congress to reward that decision with additional federal funding,2 sources2026utahnewsdispatch.com
  3. Delay carries its own consequences,” Lee said, “and the basin can no longer afford to wait.2 sources2026utahnewsdispatch.com
  4. American elections should not be less secure than Olive Garden’s endless pasta. Pass the SAVE America Act.2 sources2026theguardian.com
Aug 1, 2026

Why is the federal bureaucracy in the child mutilation business? Americans don’t want to pay millions for these disturbing studies where hundreds of kids are experimented on with puberty-blocking drugs.

cruz.senate.gov
Jul 28, 2026

Do not assume you have my consent. You do not.

foxnews.com
Jul 28, 2026

I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August — at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act — and hereby request a roll call vote.

foxnews.com
Jul 27, 2026

@LeaderJohnThune, I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act—and hereby request a roll call vote. Do not assume you have my consent. You do…

dailycaller.com
Jul 24, 2026

Smith’s collection of text messages is un-American and comes uncomfortably close to spying on a coequal, coordinate branch.

foxnews.com
Jul 18, 2026

278,000 non-citizens registered to vote. It is more important than ever to crush foreign election interference. It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT.

whitehouse.gov
Jul 17, 2026

American elections should not be less secure than Olive Garden’s endless pasta. Pass the SAVE America Act.

theguardian.com
Jul 16, 2026

This is a wildly insufficient punishment for a foreign national, in our country illegally, who killed 3 people with a truck," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said.

foxnews.com
Jul 15, 2026

Todd Blanche is well qualified for the position of Attorney General as a seasoned prosecutor of violent crimes and lawyer with decades of experience in high-stakes federal cases. He is dedicated to our country and the Constitution, and I…

whitehouse.gov
Jul 14, 2026

Today’s proclamation shows that President Trump listens to Utahns and respects the limits Congress placed on the Antiquities Act. For too long, presidents have weaponized monument designations to lock up millions of acres, close roads…

blakemoore.house.gov
Jul 9, 2026

History will not look kindly on us if we don’t pass the SAVE America Act.

nebraskaexaminer.com
Jul 3, 2026

The long fight for a constitutional amendment begins now.

foxnews.com
Jun 26, 2026

Tell your senators: Pass the SAVE America Act.

ncnewsline.com
Jun 24, 2026

The push to pass the SAVE America Act is not a ‘fantasy.’ It’s a plan to avoid a nightmare — one that’s coming soon unless we act.

abcnews.com
Jun 22, 2026

The American people OVERWHELMINGLY support this … regardless of political party. Want to make it easy to vote, HARD TO CHEAT. That’s what the House-passed SAVE America Act does.

dailycaller.com
Jun 19, 2026

We've got to pass the SAVE America Act and conditioning passage of FISA on the prior passage of SAVE America would be a great thing.

foxnews.com
Jun 18, 2026

The legislation as drafted now raises some potentially significant concerns regarding free speech.

rollcall.com
Jun 17, 2026

We don’t have 60 votes, just 10 votes short of achieving cloture.

dailycaller.com
Jun 17, 2026

We all have a responsibility to ensure that legislation this size is fully paid for before it reaches the president’s desk.

rollcall.com
Jun 17, 2026

Yes, there is, Kayleigh, and I respectfully but very strongly disagree with my colleague from South Dakota on that.

dailycaller.com
Jun 13, 2026

This design is a disappointing landscape feature better suited to a hotel courtyard or mini golf course than a monument to the courageous men and women who fought and the lives lost to radical Islamic terrorism.

dailycaller.com
Jun 11, 2026

States that choose to sue their fellow basin states over Colorado River operations should not expect Congress to reward that decision with additional federal funding,

utahnewsdispatch.com
Jun 11, 2026

Delay carries its own consequences,” Lee said, “and the basin can no longer afford to wait.

utahnewsdispatch.com

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