Mike Lee actually said...

"[R]emoving Director Cordray would be consistent with President Trump's oath to `preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States' and his duty to serve as an independent guardian of..."

"I cannot imagine anyone as well-qualified to take this post as U.S. Ambassador to Russia as my friend and former boss, Governor Jon Huntsman."

"Please, I implore you, I beg of you, let us continue to work toward consensus. Tell the President not to declare a national monument in San Juan County, Utah."

"Just like the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, the proposed Bears Ears Monument would deprive these vulnerable communities... of vital economic, recreational and cultural resources."