Explore Quotes by Mike Lee

You can do a lot of damage if you try to answer a question part-way.

When people were subjected to the impeachment and removal process, Aaron Burr was right there, looking out for their rights, even though it wasn't in his political interest to do so.

It is not nothing to ask someone holding an election certificate in the United States Senate to provide his or her vote.

We've got tax and regulatory policies in this country that are driving a lot of businesses overseas, and so I think there's a lot that we can do using principles of constitutionally limited government to help address people who share these concerns.

My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people rather than the other way around.

I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person.

I think I was about 30 before I realized that not every family talks about the presentment clause on a regular basis.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that.

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done.

I think declaring a no fly zone over foreign soil is tantamount to an act of war.

We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionall y limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.

You can never be too old or too young to be attracted to someone. I still remember my first crush back in grade school.

These guidelines contemplate a policy that will grant special benefits to illegal immigrants based on their unlawful presence in the country.

Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions of applicants who seek to come here lawfully. Additionally, the framework carves out a special exception for agricultural workers that has little justification.