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U.S. Sen. Mike Lee visits Utah House, urges spending discipline and stepwise immigration fixes
Summary
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee addressed the Utah House on Feb. 19, 2013, urging federal spending restraint, greater state authority over public lands and step‑by‑step immigration reform; he answered members’ questions on the debt, public‑lands management and endangered‑species listings.
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R‑Utah) spoke to the Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 19, telling members he seeks to strengthen state authority, control federal spending and pursue immigration reform in manageable steps. Lee framed his remarks around returning power to states and reducing Washington’s fiscal burdens.
Lee recounted an anecdote about encountering spoiled pudding in a restaurant to make a larger point about bureaucratic indifference, and he said the federal debt ‘‘is 16,500,000,000,000.0 and climbing,’’ pressing for…
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