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Sen. Mike Lee says federal agencies have too much power to make rules.

Lee spoke at a Q&A hosted by the Sutherland Institute at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics on Monday. Drawing from the Founding Fathers, Supreme Court cases and enlightenment philosophers, Lee made a case for the REINS Act — legislation he sponsored that would make it so Congress has to approve big regulatory changes from federal agencies.

Here’s some of what he said:

Read more about what Lee thinks needs to happen in the Senate.

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The Rev. Andrew Teal at BYU: ‘The wonderful reality’ of who we are becoming

The Rev. Andrew Teal, a respected Anglican leader and celebrated scholar of Christian church history, spoke to BYU students last week about ‘the wonderful reality’ of who we are becoming.

“We only really find ourselves, our living self, in relation to others,” he said at at the annual Truman G. Madsen Lecture on Eternal Man. “We could never be who we are without each other, especially those with whom we make everlasting covenants.”

As the invited speaker at the lecture, sponsored by Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institute, the Rev. Teal was unapologetic about his affection not only for the university, but for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its leaders.

Read more about what the Rev. Teal said about the ways Jesus can change human nature.

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