Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., supports the legislation and had hoped to pass it last Thursday, but Mitch McConnell was forced to delay consideration past the expiration date after Mike Lee, R-Utah, and two other senators Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden said they would object. The House legislation, negotiated by White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, would renew several provisions the FBI sees as vital to fighting terrorism but also aim to ensure stricter oversight of how the bureau conducts surveillance. PAUL : MY FISA AMENDMENT WILL KEEP Mike Lee had proposed a deal on the Senate floor Thursday extension of the current authorities if the Senate would consider several amendments to the White House bill that would further limit them. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, speaking on the floor for Mitch McConnell, objected to that deal, saying the Senate should instead pass the House bill. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has pushed for FISA reforms. ( AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Were not a rubberstamp for the House of Representatives, were certainly not a rubber stamp for the Deep State.

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I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy b... by Mike Lee

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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The trend of offering individualized education plans, curricula, and lessons is going to help students tremendously. “Teaching to the middle” is one of the saddest concepts I've ever heard about.

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Limited government must come politically, not judicially. by Mike Lee

Limited government must come politically, not judicially.

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You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

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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.

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The USA Freedom Act does not propose that we abandon any and all efforts to analyze telephone data, what we're talking about here is a program that currently contemplates the collection of all data just as a routine matter and the aggregation of all that data in one database. That causes concerns for a lot of people... There's a lot of potential for abuse.

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Whether it's a penalty or a tax, it's all one in the same. It's coming out of somebody's hard-earned money in their pocketbooks and that's the point. So in some ways, to me, it's a distinction without a difference.

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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.

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The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.

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That's why we have senators and members of congress from every state. That's why we have elections. Because the people speak and there are different viewpoints out there. It doesn't mean just because we're members of one party or another, doesn't mean that we behave monolithically. It means that we will express our view points.

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

The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they... by Mike Lee

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

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

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

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NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibili... by Mike Lee

NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food.

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

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

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

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