Mike Lee

I have presented several questions already to Mr. Berg.

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

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

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.

May the Senate not err twice.

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

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

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

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

In the end it is the little guy who pays for it.

There are some things about our current monetary policy that trouble me.

We set tough standards for visa processing times.

We permit Canadian snowbirds to stay here for 60 more days a year.

We require the State Department to develop premium processing to expedite issuance of tourist and business visas.

I want to give particular thanks and a shout-out to Senator Klobuchar.

I believe that the market still has a very high degree of regard, very high regard for Chairman Bernanke, but I believe it is not as solidly entrenched as it was under Greenspan.

It is a completely bipartisan bill in the spirit with trying to get things done in a bipartisan way.

We encourage the State Department to issue Chinese visitor visas that last longer than the current one-year maximum.

Thank you, Senator Wyden. And I'd also like to thank Senator Baucus and the witnesses today for coming in to provide testimony on these pieces of legislation.

At the outset, I'd like to speak in support of the Scofield Land Transfer Act, which, if passed, would resolve an issue that has existed for more than a decade.