(Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call via AP) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, attends a markup of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Dirksen Building, Sept. 13, 2018. Lee in recent days traveled to Russia for meetings with several officials there after two of his Senate colleagues were denied visas. The two senators denied visas both had voted for sanctions against Russia in the wake of its 2016 meddling in the U.S. election. Lee was one of two senators who voted against sanctions.