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U.S. Sen. Mike Lee tells Utah senators he will press for a balanced-budget amendment, state control on Medicaid and contest federal land actions
Summary
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee addressed the Utah Senate in a Committee of the Whole, urging a balanced-budget amendment, greater state flexibility over Medicaid (including block grants) and warning about the Department of the Interior—s "Wildlands" policy; he agreed to press Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on wolf delisting for the Rocky Mountain region.
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee visited the Utah State Senate in a Committee of the Whole and urged lawmakers to back a proposed balanced-budget amendment and press for greater state control over federal programs.
Lee, describing his Senate Joint Resolution 5 as the "Lee-Kyle proposed balanced budget amendment," said the measure would require Congress to limit annual spending to revenues, cap spending at 18 percent of GDP and force a two-thirds supermajority in both chambers to raise the debt ceiling or raise taxes. "You may not spend more than you take in each year," Lee said, arguing the amendment would force difficult choices now rather than push costs onto future generations. He cited the national…
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