Mike Lee

This plan would also remove work incentives in the child tax credit and the Dependent Care Credit.

So the vaccine mandate is just one more example of Washington getting in the way of the recovery.

This ultimatum to workers is unacceptable and immoral.

The Federal vaccine mandate is an obstacle to connecting people to work.

It is incumbent on this Congress to examine and act on policies that make it possible for Americans to maintain work responsibilities while ensuring the well-being of their loved ones.

Unacceptable, un-American, unconstitutional, and immoral.

I think encouraging work is important, and discouraging it should be avoided.

The Federal Government owns 47 percent of all the land in the western United States.

This has long been an active Subcommittee, and I appreciate your diligence in reviewing pending legislation.

However, Utah's most productive lands in terms of forage, production, and agricultural value happen to be owned by private individuals.

These inflexible regulations and other requirements imposed by the Federal Government often outcompete the good intentions of federal employees.

I am deeply committed to helping my constituents remain competitive.

I have worked with some of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, Senators Rosen and Fischer and Schatz...

Now let's be clear the major winners from the Democrat's plan are special interests and beltway bureaucrats.

It would be the largest tax increase in my lifetime, and it would substantially expand the Federal Government's footprint into our homes, our businesses, and across our economy.

For too long, the wealthy and big corporations have avoided paying their fair share.

States need a change so that they can more readily address the drought issues that they face--like those that Utah faces, in particular.

They've proposed a 3.5 trillion dollar tax and spend blowout, one that would increase American's taxes by over 2 trillion dollars.

Everywhere I go in my state, I hear of the need for increased water storage infrastructure.

Unfortunately, we've come here today because the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress want to squeeze the American people with higher taxes and more regulation.

Before the pandemic disrupted American's work lives and social connections, tax cuts and deregulation supported a thriving economy that delivered broad benefits to families and workers.

They have proposed a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend blowout, one that would increase Americans' taxes by over $2 trillion.

Unfortunately, we have come here today because the Biden Administration and Democrats in Congress want to squeeze the American people with higher taxes and more regulation.

The impact of the drought on my home State of Utah has been quite severe--really severe, in fact.

Unfortunately, bureaucratic federal processes often stand in the way of safe, effective, responsible drought mitigation efforts.