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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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Jul 12, 2017

We are ramped up to shore ourselves against a cyber weaponry that Russia is using, elections and others.

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Jul 12, 2017

The spreading across this Nation in terms of provokers, provoking Muslims, then the idea of people buying into I have to go for the fight or I have to be part of this fight against America, I think it is crucial that we engage in…

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Jun 20, 2017

It's not being written by us. It's apparently be written by a small handful of staffers for members of the Republican leadership in the Senate.

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Jun 20, 2017

So it's a dramatic acceleration of the improvement of the recovery.

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Jun 20, 2017

Certainly funding is always an obstacle for us.

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Jun 19, 2017

It's not being written by us, it's apparently being written by a small handful of staffers for members of the Republican leadership in the Senate. So if you're frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process, I share your…

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Jun 14, 2017

Another prominent issue in Utah involves timber harvesting. According to your agency's own numbers, the volume of timber harvested on Forest Service lands has decreased by about 80 percent just over the last 30 years.

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Jun 14, 2017

Can you tell me, Chief, why is it that we are not allowing more timber harvesting when doing so would produce not only economic opportunities and aid a lot of these rural communities who have suffered so much in recent decades?

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Jun 14, 2017

These communities are deeply frustrated because timber harvest not only boosts their economies, but they also improve forest health and they help protect them from the risks associated with forest fires.

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Jun 7, 2017

In your research you've noted a connection between, on the one hand, low rates of marriage and high family instability among working-class whites and, on the other hand, 'deaths of despair.'

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May 16, 2017

Many Americans--poor, middle class, and wealthy--feel that something in our society is amiss.

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May 16, 2017

Our Nation, today, faces very real economic challenges.

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May 16, 2017

The U.S. economy has become less dynamic and innovative in recent decades.

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May 16, 2017

Our Nation today faces very real economic challenges.

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May 16, 2017

We do less together than in the past, and we are worse off for it, economically and otherwise.

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May 16, 2017

There is a sense that our social fabric is fraying.

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May 2, 2017

My goal has been to preserve Hong Kong's freedoms, core values, and way of life.

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May 2, 2017

Your government was lobbied hard and gave its support.

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May 2, 2017

Democracy has been delayed; delayed many times already.

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May 2, 2017

The autonomy and core values we have worked hard to preserve under both British and Chinese rule are in serious danger.

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May 2, 2017

We are here to tell the world that things are going wrong.

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May 1, 2017

The problem that we face with PILT... is a classic problem of Washington's creation.

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Apr 4, 2017

I look forward to working with you on this committee in my capacity as vice chair.

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Apr 4, 2017

Success at a local level is built on strong families, is built on strong institutions of civil society.

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