Mike Lee

I got a call tonight from a constituent whose son is in federal prison He explained that he hasn’t heard from his son in several days (which is unusual for him), that his son suffers from multiple, potentially life-threatening health conditions that are going untreated in prison, and that he needed to know whether his son was still alive He sent me the main switchboard number for the prison in question (which is on the east coast), and I called the number Someone answered almost immediately I explained who I was and why I was calling, and in particular that I needed to know whether this particular inmate was alive and well The guy scolded me three times for calling “too f***ing late” and refused to tell me anything Only when I persisted did he agree to check his records to confirm that the inmate in question was alive and well After checking a list briefly, he came back to the phone and said “he’s here, and he’s alive and receiving the treatment he needs” (His parents assure me that that’s simply not true) I asked politely if someone could leave the inmate a message asking him to call his parents in the morning He said, “it’s too late” I responded, “I don’t mean now, I mean in the morning” He scolded me again for calling too late, and then told me I’d have to call tomorrow and track down the inmate’s counselor I asked him if he could relay the note to the counselor for me He scolded me again for calling too late and asked me to call back tomorrow to track down the inmate’s counselor I asked for the guy’s name He refused to answer I asked for his name again He hung up on me That’s not okay Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve had this experience when talking to people from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on behalf of constituents with an incarcerated family member suffering from a severe medical condition And each occasion, I’ve been treated at best with dismissiveness and at worst with contempt and profanity Has anyone else experienced this with the U.S. Bureau of Prisons?

SAVE America Act

Government ruins things Especially the U.S. dollar And with it, the American middle class

As Utahns, we have to stop tolerating the radical Left always threatening murder against people they disagree with politically. We need to take this a lot more seriously than we have. There have to be consequences for this.

Look at how many people were involved here. And of course BYU has an "Initiative for Peacemaking" featuring none other than a foreign conflict resolution partner and Braver Angels.

Looks like the effort to reauthorize FISA 702 is encountering serious problems in the House Should they try to attach some version of FISA 702 reauthorization to the SAVE America Act? Two birds One stone Let’s go!

Wise words from @RepBurgessOwens to Sharon McMahon: “Withdrawing from this engagement would not be an admission of wrongdoing. It would be an act of judgment …. [I]t would show respect. Respect for the memory of a man whose life was taken on that campus. Respect for his family, including a wife and children who continue to live with that loss. And respect for the students who deserve a commencement ceremony centered on their achievement, not overshadowed by controversy.”

Not subtle

Should proof of citizenship be required to register to vote in federal elections?

How does @BYU feel about this?

New York: Advancing socialism AND religious bigotry

Doomsday messaging delivered in a classified setting is especially difficult to refute publicly—because it can’t be discussed publicly They’re doing this to protect FISA 702 from even a single, commonsense reform We need modest limits on FISA 702 queries aimed at U.S. citizens

@TRHLofficial No one can dispute those entities are part of the core mission of the U.S. government.

How about which department *should* exist? Under George Washington, we had the Vice Presidency, +4 departments: War, AG, State, Treasury. That’s good.

@ChrisWillx @jameslynch32 Will the left now argue that these numbers must be equalized through admissions policies that uniquely favor men? That’s a terrible idea, of course. But that hasn’t stopped the left from advancing discriminatory policies in the past.

Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex. — U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Opposition to the electoral college is opposition to the Constitution. The United States of America, as the name implies—and as the Constitution provides—is a union of states. It makes sense that in such a union, even the smallest states will have at least three electoral votes.

@abc4utah They are exactly 0 reasons why you as a media source in Utah will only post his apology, and not what he’s actually apologizing for. You’re not journalists. You are left-wing propagandists. For those that are wondering what they’re hiding, here it is.

There are people in Congress who support amnesty Republicans shouldn’t be among them

Democrats: blaming bad weather on anyone who rejects climate alarmism