This should not be controversial. Mike Lee More Quotes by Mike Lee More Quotes From Mike Lee I want to be one that is willing to do things that are not easy but that need to be done. Mike Lee donewantneeds 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. Mike Lee philosophybelievethinking 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. Mike Lee ceilingsgenerationsthinking When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back. Mike Lee levelsgovernmentcountry When you have less revenue coming in the door, you have more money going out the door. You have to find ways of trimming. Mike Lee going-outdoorsway 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. Mike Lee lessonsofferingteaching Limited government must come politically, not judicially. Mike Lee limited-governmentgovernment 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. Mike Lee governmenttakenplay 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. Mike Lee practicewarthinking 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. Mike Lee datafreedomtalking 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. Mike Lee coming-outdifferencesway 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. Mike Lee differencespartytea The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives. Mike Lee misguidedcandidatesconservative 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. Mike Lee partyviewsmean We can't legislate the creation of jobs, but we can legislate things that will allow jobs to be created. Mike Lee creationjobs The Tea Party has an important voice in the country and now they have a voice in the U.S. Senate. Mike Lee voicepartycountry I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does. Mike Lee governmentdoethinking NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food. Mike Lee nycpossibilityinspire I'm nobody's deputy. I am who I am. I'm my own person. Mike Lee deputieswho-i-ampersons It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse. Mike Lee debtceilingsfiction
