Mike Lee

What you are seeing here is the confluence that occurs by operation of the Constitution between law and politics.

I find it striking and very revealing that one of the first calls that Judge Gorsuch made when he received this nomination was to Merrick Garland, his friend.

An intrusive Federal Government cannot interfere with the ability of Western States to govern themselves.

You really need to take a long look in the mirror if one day you find yourself attacking nuns.

A judge's job is not to protect the little guy or the big guy.

You are not there to promote a personal agenda or a political agenda, and you are not there to grandstand.

These days it seems like standing for a confirmation hearing in the United States Senate after being nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States can appear a little bit like running for political office.

Some of us have been alarmed by Executive overreach and the threat it poses to the separation of powers.

When our judges do not respect this limited power, they take from the American people the right to govern themselves.

Judges are not free to rewrite statutes to get results they believe are more just.

Our constitutional republic is also designed around the notion that the people, acting through their representatives, retain ultimate authority to govern.

I look forward to working with him and with other members of this committee and other members of the Senate to help move that forward.

In its 2015 Open Internet Order, the FCC claimed its unprecedented and sweeping Title II reclassification was necessary because broadband providers, to quote the order, 'have the incentive and ability to limit,' close quote, the openness…

There's a natural inclination in any government entity to look to the preservation of the entity. There's also an obligation, as these comments reveal, to serve the people, and, as he said, we need free markets.

By our count, there were several hundred instances in which this happened, and it looks even worse considering the fact that the FCC's chief economist at the time called the order an economics free zone.

We're very good at punishing people that do something that didn't quite work, and we're not very good about rewarding those people that took a risk.

We wouldn't survive at all.

This is the kind of judge we want sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court. Someone who reads the law in an effort to decide what it says rather than what he wishes it said.

This is an outstanding nominee. I've argued in front of this judge when he was sitting on the 10th circuit where he announced it. He's an outstanding judge, extraordinary.

I appreciate your willingness to look at spectrum.

It must be enforcement because we are a country of the rule of law.

He stated that he would have the Secretary of Commerce, the person holding the seat that we're now considering you for and that you will hold if you're confirmed, along with the U.S. Trade Representative to, quote, identify all foreign…

I hope that's something you would be willing to consider, at least that you wouldn't dismiss if you were confirmed to this position.

There are appropriate things for the Federal Government to get involved in.

A passion of mine involves federalism, involves the concept that the constitutional system created by our Founding Fathers works best when we reserve most powers in a way that will allow them to be exercised at the state and local level.