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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Turkiye of certain defense articles and services.
A joint resolution directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Niger that have not been authorized by Congress.
Lee Introduces Repeal of Inflated Government Spending Models
Position: Senator Lee and cosponsors introduced legislation to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, arguing that the law inflates federal construction costs, burdens small businesses and workers, and wastes taxpayer dollars. They contend that repeal would save billions in federal spending and increase competition in federal construction projects.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced legislation to repeal the outdated Davis-Bacon Act to curb inflated government spending on construction projects. U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC) cosponsored the legislation. Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO-07) introduced the House version of the bill.
"When big government offers to help, it usually creates more problems than it fixes. The Davis-Bacon Act is no exception," said Senator Mike Lee. "It is an antiquated piece of legislation that hurts middle class workers and every American taxpayer. Repealing this single bill would save tens of billions of tax dollars. It is high-time that Congress passes the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act."
"Texans reject government interference in the labor market," said Senator Ted Cruz. "Repealing the Davis-Bacon Act will save billions of taxpayer dollars, expand competition, and ensure that federal projects are awarded based on merit, not dictated by bureaucrats in Washington."
"For too long, government's burdensome regulations bog down good work and our small businesses while hardworking Americans pay the price, which is why the Davis-Bacon Act must go," said Senator Joni Ernst. "I'm proud to join Senator Lee's effort to repeal this outdated red tape and save taxpayers over $17 billion."
"The Davis-Bacon Repeal Act is a necessary step toward ensuring our federal construction policies reflect today's economic realities," said Senator Tim Scott. "The current law drives up project costs, imposes unnecessary administrative burdens, and limits opportunities for small businesses and entry-level workers to compete. At a time when we should be building more and maximizing every taxpayer dollar, this approach falls short. Repealing the Davis-Bacon Act will help lower costs, expand competition, and ensure our federal investments deliver greater value for the American people."
"The Davis-Bacon Act is a nearly century-old, outdated law," said Senator Katie Britt. "It drives up federal costs, hurts American workers, and unfairly advantages organized labor. Repealing this antiquated law would provide relief for taxpayers and improve government efficiency by instituting more accurate prevailing wage calculations on federal construction projects."
"The Davis-Bacon Act is an outdated mandate that limits opportunities for small contractors and drives up construction costs," said Senator Ron Johnson. "CBO estimates that repealing the Davis-Bacon Act would save $18 billion in taxpayer dollars. It should be repealed to ensure taxpayer dollars are better utilized and not wasted."
"The Davis-Bacon Act has been on the books for decades, and it is holding Oklahoma back," said Senator James Lankford. "It drives up costs, slows down projects, and makes it harder for our local contractors and workers to compete. At the end of the day, taxpayers are paying more for less while Washington piles on red tape. It is time to get rid of outdated mandates and make it easier for hardworking Oklahomans to build, work, and get the job done."
"The Davis-Bacon Act discriminates against non-unionized construction workers and increases construction costs for the federal government at a time when we need to rein in federal spending," said Senator Ted Budd. "These outdated requirements have held back our government's deployment of new technologies and federal investments in American manufacturing. North Carolina is a proud right-to-work state, and I am glad to join Senator Lee and our colleagues in this common-sense effort to repeal these harmful prevailing wage requirements."
The legislation is endorsed by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
"ABC proudly supports the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee. For too long, the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts have created significant burdens for small businesses, discouraging them from competing for federal projects due to excessive compliance costs, confusing wage determinations and unnecessary bureaucratic red tape. By repealing Davis-Bacon, Congress can restore competition and entrepreneurship and support workforce growth." – Kristen Swearingen, Vice President of Government Affairs, Associated Builders and Contractors
"SBE Council strongly supports the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, legislation that would eliminate an outdated mandate that continues to burden taxpayers, small businesses, and America's construction workforce. We applaud Senator Mike Lee for leading on this important bill to bring fairness, common sense, and inclusive competition within the federal procurement system." – Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council
The Davis Bacon Act is a 95-year-old wage subsidy law requiring all federally funded construction projects worth over $2,000 pay workers the "prevailing wage" rate from private construction projects in the same locality. In practice, the application of this law uses inaccurate wage estimates and flawed calculation mechanisms, inflating costs so much that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revealed a repeal would save $17.8 billion over the next decade.
Rather than using average local pay rates for its estimations, the Department of Labor (DOL) adopted a rule under the Biden administration that if 30% of a local workforce is paid a particular rate, this is used as the prevailing wage. This method distorts the prevailing wage away from actual averages, elevates union influence over the calculations, and punishes urban workers.
Furthermore, despite having access to accurate prevailing wage rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Labor has instead tasked an enforcement department with estimating prevailing wages – which reportedly made 832 errors across 49 contractors in an investigation by the DOL Inspector General.
Senator Lee's repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act would eliminate this outdated, inefficient payment model to bring government spending down from its artificially inflated height.
Lee Cosponsors Ban on Child Sex-Change Procedures with $100K Penalties, Fund for Detransitioning Victims
Position: Senator Lee cosponsors legislation that bans gender transition procedures on minors, imposes civil penalties on providers, and establishes a federal compensation fund for detransitioning victims, characterizing these procedures as harmful and child abuse.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today cosponsored the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors (STOP) Act with Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS). This landmark legislation bans gender transition procedures performed on minors, imposes strict civil penalties on perpetrators, and for the first time creates a federal compensation fund dedicated to helping victims detransition using the collected penalty funds.
"There are kids in America receiving life-altering gender surgeries before they graduate high school. There are kids being given hormone blockers that can cause bone loss, depression, and myriad other medical issues when they should be playing hopscotch and riding bikes," said Senator Mike Lee. "Our kids deserve safe childhoods and informed consent, but instead they have harmful procedures pushed on them by predatory doctors who won't have to live with the consequences. I'm proud to cosponsor the STOP Act to outlaw risky gender transition procedures on minors, empower victims to sue for damages, and award the penalty funds from criminal doctors to their victims as recovery compensation."
"As an OB-GYN with over two decades of clinical experience, I know firsthand what these irreversible procedures do to children," said Senator Roger Marshall. "These are not medical treatments — they are child abuse. The STOP Act sends a clear message: if you harm a child by performing these procedures, there will be serious consequences. Our children deserve nothing less."
The STOP Act is endorsed by the American Principles Project (APP), the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), and Students for Life of America (SFLA).
"No child is born in the wrong body—they just have the wrong doctor. The STOP Act will ban irreversible sex change procedures for children, a common sense solution that enjoys overwhelming bipartisan support. The transgender industry has built a $4 billion empire fueled by the sterilization and mutilation of vulnerable adults and children. The STOP Act is a vital first step to protecting families and restoring sanity to healthcare. Thank you to Senator Marshall for his continued efforts to protect American children from this predatory industry." – Terry Schilling, President, American Principles Project
"What a gift it is to know that the same God who made the universe, made each one of us with intention, love, and care. Southern Baptists hold that God's design for creation includes the gift of gender, an immutable characteristic reflecting the very nature of our Creator. Yet, our cultural embrace of the radical sexual revolution has deceived people into denouncing truth and embracing harmful ideologies, especially among children. The ERLC is grateful to Sen. Marshall for introducing the STOP Act in the Senate to protect children from dangerous 'gender transition' drugs and procedures that cause irrevocable harm. Our government has a responsibility to safeguard its citizens, of which children are among the most vulnerable, and we are encouraged to see legislation that prioritizes their protection." – Dr. Gary Hollingsworth, Interim President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Under intense pressure from radical gender ideologues, an estimated 14,000 minors have been manipulated into undergoing life-altering sex change procedures that leave them maimed, sterilized, and psychologically damaged.
President Trump's 2025 executive order banning the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures on minors was a critical first step. The STOP Act codifies and strengthens those protections in permanent federal law.
Read exclusive coverage by The Federalist here.
Access full text of the bill here.
Lee, Kennedy Cut Financial Red Tape for Small Business Owners
Position: The release expresses opposition to the Corporate Transparency Act's Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirement, arguing it imposes excessive regulatory burden on small businesses and threatens privacy without clear security benefit.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored legislation this week with Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) defending America's small businesses from burdensome and intrusive overregulation of their finances. The bill would stop the collection of personal "Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)" from small businessowners and delete this private data from the federal government's records.
"The federal bureaucracy loves to bury small businessowners in paperwork that costs time, money, and even their private information," said Senator Mike Lee. "I have long opposed the Corporate Transparency Act's overregulation and its Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirement and have ardently advocated for repeal. I'm proud to cosponsor Senator Kennedy's critical legislation to end these burdensome reporting rules for American-based businesses."
"When an obscure government policy requires small business owners to fork over personal data that even our government admits it doesn't need, it's time to change that policy," said Senator John Kennedy. "That's why I'm leading the bill to permanently end this burdensome mandate and keep law-abiding Americans' personal information out of a database it should never have been in."
Joining Senator Lee in cosponsoring this legislation are Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jim Justice (R-WV), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), and Tim Sheehy (R-MT). The bill is also endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
"Texas is home to more than 3.5 million small businesses. They are the backbone of our economy, and they should not be treated like criminal suspects by Washington bureaucrats," said Senator Ted Cruz. "We should be protecting their privacy and reducing regulatory burdens on American small businesses, and I'm glad to join Senator Kennedy in introducing this bill."
"By imposing heavy compliance burdens, the Beneficial Ownership Information requirement in the Corporate Transparency Act distracts small business owners from essential tasks, such as innovation, customer service, and daily operations," said Senator Marsha Blackburn. "It is essential that we repeal and remove this requirement from FinCEN."
"I'm proud to support this legislation that reins in unnecessary data collection and puts U.S. small businesses' privacy first," said Senator Shelley Moore Capito. "For too long, hardworking Americans—including many West Virginians—have faced overly broad reporting requirements that do little to enhance security while also exposing their sensitive personal information. This bill takes a targeted, responsible approach that ensures oversight efforts are focused where they matter most, while lifting an undue burden."
"I've heard loud and clear from Kansas small business owners that the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements are too costly and too burdensome," said Senator Roger Marshall. "Since the CTA took effect, it became clear that requiring American small business owners to register sensitive personal information with a federal database was not going to work. I'm glad to join Senator Kennedy's bill, which will save American small businesses billions of dollars. I'll push hard to get it across the finish line so that American businesses can have the certainty of knowing it won't be rearing its ugly head again."
Under the Corporate Transparency Act, the federal government mandates the collection of "Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI)" from small business owners: their full legal names, dates of birth, addresses and unique identifying numbers.
The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has found these reporting requirements to be overly onerous and intrusive for small businesses.
In 2025, FinCEN issued a rule narrowing the scope of the data collection to foreign reporting companies, pausing the collection of many Americans' data.
This legislation would make this March 2025 rule law and require FinCEN to delete Americans' data already collected under the 2021 requirement. By ending this data collection, the bill would save taxpayers an average of $9 billion per year and save U.S. small businesses $6.7 billion over 10 years.
Access the full bill text here.
Lee Introduces End of DEI Discrimination in Government Contracts
Position: Senator Lee and Congressman Grothman introduced legislation to prohibit federal agencies from considering race or sex in government contract awards, arguing that such practices constitute discrimination and waste taxpayer resources.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act to stop federal agencies from violating the Constitution and awarding contracts based on recipients' race or sex. Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) introduced the House version of the bill.
"Unconstitutional discrimination disguised as 'DEI' has infected our federal government," said Senator Mike Lee. "Awarding government contracts based on race and sex is, simply put, racist and sexist. These policies defy our founding values and waste taxpayer dollars on subpar projects. My bill will end discrimination in government contracting to restore merit-based partnerships, ensuring contractors, businesses, and workers are evaluated not by the color of their skin or gender, but their ability to serve the American people."
"Companies in my district have lost out on contracts despite offering higher quality products at a lower cost to the taxpayer. That's not just unfair, it's wasteful," said Congressman Glenn Grothman. "I was proud to introduce the Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act because preferences in government contracting based on race or sex are fundamentally unfair, costly, and out of step with what most Americans believe. Contracts should be awarded based on merit, not race or gender, as the Constitution guarantees equal protection for all. For too long, federal contracting has relied on race- and sex-based mandates that drive up costs and undermine confidence in the system. Our bill restores accountability, reduces waste, and ensures contracts are awarded based on merit."
"For decades, Pacific Legal Foundation has fought to ensure that government treats every American equally under the law. Pacific Legal Foundation applauds Senator Mike Lee and Representative Glenn Grothman for introducing The Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act which would end the consideration of race, ethnicity, or sex in federal contracting decisions. After the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, the legal foundation for these unjust preferences has crumbled. Congress should finish the job." — Glenn Roper, Senior Attorney in Equality & Opportunity, Pacific Legal Foundation
"Race- and sex-based contracting costs taxpayers billions of dollars, endangers the security of our troops, and inhibits the construction and repair of our nation's infrastructure. Senator Lee and Congressman Grothman's bill takes the important step of ending these unconstitutional practices and returning federal contracting to more merit-based principles, in which Americans, regardless of race or sex, are treated equally." – Judge Glock, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
"Since the Supreme Court found racial preferences in college admissions to be unconstitutional, there has been a swirling debate in legal and policy circles about what this means outside the educational space. The equal-protection logic of Harvard v. SFFA inextricably applies to the employment space, which is why we've seen a spate of lawsuits and corporations reevaluating their DEI policies. One of the least headline-grabbing areas where identity-based preferences make their pernicious presence felt is in government contracting, which requires federal legislation to fix. The Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act is exactly what's needed to reform this often byzantine space and ensure that taxpayers aren't funding contracts based on identity-based spoils." – Ilya Shapiro, Director of Constitutional Studies and Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
"It's time to end race- and gender-based preferences in government contracting. This bill from Senator Lee and Congressman Grothman will help dismantle the ideology of left-wing identity politics and replace it with the principle of colorblind, equal treatment under the law." – Chris Rufo, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Since the 1970s, the federal government has expanded an ever-growing web of DEI requirements, mandates, and quotas for government contracts. Federal agencies are currently obligated to grant a certain number of government contracts to companies based on the race, ethnicity, or sex of company owners or employees. This system intentionally awards work based on immutable characteristics rather than ability to execute a job effectively. These practices are incompatible with the Constitution and frequently result in incomplete projects that exceed projected budgets, wasting taxpayer dollars.
On March 26, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14398 to address DEI discrimination by federal contractors. This move was part of a larger effort by the Administration and congressional Republicans to end DEI practices throughout the country. Legislation is necessary to codify this initiative.
Senator Lee's Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act underscores a shift away from unjust DEI hiring and contracting practices and towards a system that prioritizes fairness, efficiency and equal treatment under the law. As America begins to celebrate its 250th anniversary, this legislation is a timely emphasis on our founding principle that "all men are created equal."
The Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act:
Read exclusive coverage by Breitbart News here.
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Source: GDELT 2.0 GKG, filtered to a curated list of national outlets. Inclusion is not endorsement; opinion pieces and reported news are mixed.
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.NORPACIdeological1 contributionBipartisan pro-Israel PAC based in northern New Jersey, founded 1992. Bundles individual donations to candidates from both parties who support U.S.-Israel security and economic ties.AI$14,544
2.2022 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEELeadership1 contributionMember-of-Congress leadership PAC — likely affiliated with a senator or senatorial group, though the specific sponsor is not clear from the name alone.AI · low$13,250
3.2022 FOUNDERS COMMITTEE1 contribution$12,549
4.MAKING A RESPONSIBLE STAND FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AMERICA PACIdeological1 contributionIdeological PAC with a household-focused mission — specific policy positions not inferable from the name alone.AI · low$10,000
5.REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND1 contribution$10,000
6.TZEDEK PAC1 contribution$10,000
7.BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC1 contribution$10,000
8.FREEDOM FUND1 contribution$10,000
9.FREE STATE PAC1 contribution$10,000
10.LETS GET TO WORK PACLeadership1 contributionLeadership or member-affiliated PAC — specific positions not clearly inferable from the name alone.AI · low$10,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.SELF$49,520
2.QUANTUM CAPITAL GROUP$21,000
3.PATTERN$19,000
4.SASCO$18,230
5.CEO$17,500
6.ARNOLD VENTURES$14,000
7.REVENUE ENHANCEMENT GROUP$10,535
8.INVESTMENTS$10,500
9.CHAIRMAN, CEO & CO-FOUNDER$10,500
10.GOLUB CAPITAL$10,500
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
