I think it is important that we do this as Senators because I believe that among the founding generation, the Founding Fathers, there was no understanding that was more ubiquitous than the idea that what we were creating at the national level was not an all-purpose national government possessing general police powers but a limited-purpose Federal Government.
Senator Lee emphasizes the limited powers of the Federal Government as intended by the Founding Fathers.
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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.
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.
Delay carries its own consequences,” Lee said, “and the basin can no longer afford to wait.
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