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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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Feb 14, 2023

It strikes me as one of the most outrageous things my generation has done to the coming generations.

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Feb 14, 2023

If we want to do something serious about global emissions, we need to put a price on carbon.

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Feb 14, 2023

The impact on the economy of the amount of debt we're adding up is 10 times the impact of climate change.

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Feb 14, 2023

I'm worried about the argument that you saw fit to make.

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Feb 13, 2023

I also introduced another bill called the SCREEN Act.

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Feb 13, 2023

I introduced a bill called the PROTECT Act.

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Feb 13, 2023

Look, bottom line: pornography is very bad. It's especially bad for young people.

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Feb 13, 2023

NCMEC does a great job of highlighting a lot of these problems and the pervasiveness of CSAM, through the CyberTipline.

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Feb 13, 2023

If you're trying to force the hand of the agency of the law-making body of the Federal government, by doing that which only Congress can do, how is that constitutional?

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Jan 24, 2023

It is very important that we maintain fair, free, open, and even fierce competition in this as in every other space.

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Jan 24, 2023

This has been a really helpful hearing. I appreciated each of your comments and insights.

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Jan 23, 2023

If I purchase a ticket on Ticketmaster, is that my ticket? And if it is my ticket, is that not my property to use or dispose of or transfer as I deem fit?

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Jan 23, 2023

But why should artists be able to tell their fans what to do with a ticket purchased from the venue?

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Jan 23, 2023

Well, there are other issues, of course. And that may be his view, but he is not--I do not think he is necessarily considering the consumer welfare standard or the Sherman Act or the Clayton Act when making that statement.

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Jan 23, 2023

This has been a really helpful hearing... it is very important that we maintain fair, free, open, and even fierce competition.

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Jan 23, 2023

I would like to get Mr. Groetzinger's response to that and also ask Mr. Groetzinger to just talk about how competition with Ticketmaster has impacted innovation in the ticketing space.

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Jan 23, 2023

Now the consent decree includes a divestiture and also prohibitions on tying--on tying the ticketing services and the concert promotion.

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Jan 23, 2023

Is it accurate to say that at a minimum, that Live Nation at a minimum was a motivated and capable potentially, if not likely, competitor?

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Jan 23, 2023

I am really looking forward to my ongoing service on the Antitrust Subcommittee, along with Senator Klobuchar as Chair.

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Jan 23, 2023

I think it is a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

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Oct 15, 2022

I'm asking him right here again tonight right now. Mitt, if you'd like to protect the Republican majority, give us any chance of seizing the Republican majority once again, getting it away from the Democrats who are facilitating this…

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Apr 26, 2022

Democrats' $1.9 trillion in partisan spending has ignited the worst inflation in four decades--inflation that is hitting my home state of Utah harder than almost anywhere else.

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Apr 26, 2022

We will never beat China by becoming more like China, never.

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Apr 26, 2022

Measured against the pre-pandemic trend, 6.6 million workers are currently missing from the workforce.

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