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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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Jun 20, 2012

Enforcement of our antitrust laws must be oriented to help foster innovative technologies and enhance consumer welfare.

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Jun 20, 2012

So the impact on independent labels and unsigned artists would not necessarily be a negative one, in your opinion?

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Jun 20, 2012

So with this particular merger, do you have an ongoing concern that--creating an even bigger major out of the biggest major that currently exists, aren't you concerned that might cause some problems?

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Jun 20, 2012

The future of online music is bright but uncertain.

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Jun 19, 2012

A number of individuals and organizations, including some Members of Congress, the FTC, and industry groups, have expressed some concern to the International Trade Commission regarding the use of exclusion orders in cases involving…

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Jun 11, 2012

The President may decide when the President deems the Senate to be in recess, regardless of what the Senate's own rules say.

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Jun 11, 2012

The President's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, contains an individual mandate that many consider constitutionally problematic.

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Jun 11, 2012

Then you had the President taking military action in Libya without a declaration of war, without any kind of congressional authorization.

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Jun 11, 2012

The President commented not too long ago that he believed that it would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.

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Jun 11, 2012

I, like many of my constituents, have some concerns with regard to how this President and his administration have viewed certain constitutional restrictions.

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Jun 6, 2012

With Treasury yield rates being at all-time historic lows, I think it becomes difficult to dispute that at some point in the next few years we will start to see a normalization and we will start to see yield rates return to their historic…

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Jun 5, 2012

Like many of my colleagues, I am very concerned with any practice that could result in innocent people going to prison.

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Jun 5, 2012

We continue to expand the federal criminal code, we continue to expand the number of federal inmates we have.

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Jun 5, 2012

And this simply cannot stand, it cannot be the case--if, in fact, we are a Government with few and defined powers, it cannot be the case that we can regulate anything and everything.

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Jun 5, 2012

I think a district judge needs to be very conscious of the role of the prosecutor in turning over evidence.

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Jun 5, 2012

In our brief time here in Detroit, we have already learned that until this city outgrows its childish love affair with firearms, or until city officials find the courage to outlaw them, many of our hopes will remain unrealized and our…

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Jun 5, 2012

I have presented several questions already to Mr. Berg.

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May 22, 2012

I have, nonetheless, grave concerns, concerns that have not been resolved in any hearing to this point...

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May 22, 2012

I have some concerns with this proposed treaty, concerns that relate ultimately to sovereignty concerns.

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May 22, 2012

My concerns are rooted in something more than mythology. They're rooted in something more than an editorial page. They are rooted, first and foremost, in America's national sovereignty.

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Apr 16, 2012

I think that if the economy continues to be weak, that something like that x-tax should get broad bipartisan support.

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Apr 16, 2012

There are at least a couple of functions played by our tax system.

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Apr 16, 2012

We tend to tax the little guys with taxes that are hard to attribute.

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Apr 16, 2012

It is more opaque. You cannot really see what is happening.

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