Mike Lee

“A lot of people feel left out by a government that taxes too much and regulates them too heavily and seems to result in a set of circumstances where economic and political incumbents benefit at everybody else's expense.”

“The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate.”

“If we were all to chase every squirrel that comes running along in the form of a personal dispute or a mischaracterization of someone, or someone's integrity or intent, we'd be very busy doing that and not focusing on the government, on that which we need to reform internally.”

“At any given time, when there is a Republican president, typically we regard that person as the leader of the Republican Party.”

“The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.”

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

“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.”

“What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me, but I would like some assurances on where he's going to stand his ground. I'd like some assurances that he's going to be a vigorous defender for the U.S. Constitution.”

“Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?”

“There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch.”

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

“I tell the story of eight forgotten founders, people like Canassatego, an Iroquois Indian Chief, who taught Benjamin Franklin about federalism, about the idea that you can form a confederacy in which the central power has only limited powers and local control is retained.”

“The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.”

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

“When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming.”