Mike Lee: “As I have expressed many times on previous occasions, in my view the Federal Government has been for decades enacting…”

I can say confidently that the U.S. government has no business recognizing the Christianity of literally every other religious sect that worships Jesus Christ — with one exception.

This is a wildly insufficient punishment for a foreign national, in our country illegally, who killed 3 people with a truck," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said.

It’s also just repugnant to any sense of decency, any sense of our common heritage and our common belief that the government needs to not weigh in on doctrinal disputes between various religious denominations.

I agree with this statement, and am grateful to [Secretary] Hegseth for correcting the error.