U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has served in the United States Senate since 2010. Lee is a member of the Judiciary Committee, serves as Chairman of the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee, Chairman of the Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and serves on both Commerce Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. Sen. Lee joined Neal Larson on KID Newsradio to discuss his newest book, “Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government,” and the latest in Congress.
Sen. Lee says after the success of the broadway musical, Hamilton, he realized Americans intuitively connect and identify with the founding generation.
In his book, Sen. Lee explores some of the lesser-known stories of people like Aaron Burr, made famous through his dual with Alexander Hamilton, Mercy Otis Warren, Canasatego – an Iroquois Chief – and Elbridge Gerry, a civil rights activist.
The purpose of telling forgotten stories like that of Aaron Burr, Sen. Lee said, is to remind readers about the proper role of limited government.
“No one, even someone as revered and as respected in history as Thomas Jefferson is, can be trusted with too much power, especially if that power is to remain unchecked,” Sen. Lee said.
Turning the current state of events in the U.S. government, Sen. Lee says despite a Republican president and a Republican majority in Congress, things will continue to progress slowly because the founding fathers set up the government that way.
Sen. Lee says he thinks Congress will be able to successfully tackle both the repeal of Obamacare and tax code reform in 2017.
Sen. Lee’s book is available wherever books are sold.