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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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Mar 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced our whole country to move toward a much more virtual setting.

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Mar 10, 2021

But I think I disagree with every single word in H.R. 1, including the words of 'but' and 'the.' Everything about this bill is rotten to the core. This is a bill as if written and held by the devil himself.

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Mar 10, 2021

Mike Lee called the idea of voting reform that would help it make it easier to vote like straight out of hell, like the pit of hell.

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Feb 22, 2021

a disproportionate share of all national monuments that have been designated on land in the United States over the last 25 years, about 28 percent, as I recall, have been designated in Utah.

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Jan 26, 2021

We need to be independent. And so, I'm eager to work with folks on all sides of the aisle to make sure that the United States has its own critical supply.

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Nov 13, 2020

Democracy isn't the objective. Liberty, peace, and prosperity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy, rank democracy can thwart that.

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Nov 2, 2020

Somebody like Senator Mike Lee saying democracy itself is a problem.

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Sep 22, 2020

You can't separate out preexisting condition protections from subsidies, insurance rules.

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Sep 22, 2020

Returning to that reality, to my mind, would be virtually medieval.

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Jul 22, 2020

the lack of testing in this country is, number one, why we have rampant unemployment, but number two, why we are faced with this awful decision on how we reopen schools.

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Jul 22, 2020

I find it a little odd that you are not acknowledging the necessity of federal support to be able to do so.

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Jan 7, 2020

I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal, factual, and moral justification for the attack. I was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front.

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Jan 7, 2020

This, however, is not the biggest problem I have with the briefing. Which I would add was probably the worst briefing I've seen, at least on a military issue, in the nine years I've served in the United States Senate.

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Nov 6, 2019

I do not believe Latino workers present a danger to our community.

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Nov 6, 2019

As the highest-ranked law enforcement officer in Scott County, I am responsible for policing our entire county.

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Nov 6, 2019

The feedback I have received from our citizens is that folks admire Latino communities--our Latino community's work ethic and their commitment to family.

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Nov 6, 2019

Forewarning of the action or while the action was foregoing would have allowed my office to be better prepared.

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Nov 6, 2019

I stand behind our Federal officers and in no way am I criticizing the hard work of enforcing our immigration laws.

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Nov 6, 2019

The Scott County Sheriff's Department has not had problems with the Latino community.

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Nov 6, 2019

Latinos constitute a large work force in Scott County and are important to our economy.

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May 21, 2019

This is, of course, a picture of former President Ronald Reagan naturally firing a machine gun while riding on the back of a dinosaur.

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May 14, 2019

It is a breaking of 'one country, two systems' and the Joint Declaration.

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May 14, 2019

It is harmful to local business, to the international and business hub reputation of Hong Kong, and also to U.S. interests.

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May 14, 2019

Not only losing money, losing one's freedom.

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May 14, 2019

Advertisements are actually pulled from free media, to the extent that telephone calls will be made by the Chinese apparatchiks in Hong Kong to the advertisers.

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