My colleagues say no one is above the law. The President refuses to discipline.

We're going to hold Ms. Conway and any employee of the Trump administration... to a very high standard of accountability.

To ensure fair and consistent application of Federal laws, I have a draft bill to include employees of Congress under the requirements of the Hatch Act.

So Ms. Kellyanne Conway is the current targeted Trump administration employee. But there'll be another.

Let us no longer our staff to advocate on our behalf. Let us not allow them to share with constituents our views on politics or policy.

We have to constantly remind ourselves and our colleagues that there is no such thing as Federal money.

I hope all of us here can agree that while religious liberty remains a fundamental value, it cannot and should not be used as a weapon to cause harm to others, but rather as a shield to protect the civil rights of people of all faiths, not…

For so many reasons we know, religious liberty is often referred to as our First Freedom.

This legislation does not live up to the ideals of our great Nation's Constitution. And we need to stand up for people of faith who are under attack in America today.

House Republicans will also continue our steadfast support for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and will fight any attempts to diminish or weaken the law which has served our country well for over 25 years.

The 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act received overwhelming support also from more than 60 national religious and civil liberties organizations from across the philosophical and political spectrum.

we control the people's treasure. Should we place a greater emphasis on pre-mitigation disaster resiliency preparedness?

as a Nation, at the local, state, and Federal level, we have failed to maintain our water management systems.

I thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing and for his decades of leadership on this issue and so many issues with regards to our civil rights.

If civil liberties and legal rights exist only in the absence of a neighbor's religious objection, then they are not rights, but empty promises.

We need to help to assist, respond.

So as a Congress, it is our job to respectfully listen to the wisdoms that are presented to us from both sides of this argument.

I am here today to urge opposition to this legislation because I am convinced it would eviscerate one of the most important and widely regarded laws that has ever been passed by the Congress, and that is the Religious Freedom Restoration…