I think Rabbi Saperstein's with me on this.

Do all of you agree that corporations and citizens should not be able to funnel dark money through churches in order to get into political campaigns?

This is not about being able--George Soros being able to channel millions of dollars from a not-for-profit through churches or synagogues or mosques into politics.

I mean, that's a miracle of nature. That's remarkable in the United States of America.

the vast majority of the American people have accepted the idea that churches should not be political slush funds

the Hobby Lobby case dangerously opens the idea that churches are political organizations

Well, we seem to have differences to the facts, because some people seem to think that the First Amendment is working great.

I think that what they perceive is that the repeal of the so-called Johnson Amendment is an attempt to open up a gaping hole in the law for super divine dark money to pour through into the political system.

You think it's constitutional to ban that.

Mr. Speaker, I also rise in opposition to this suddenly undead GOP plan to strip millions of Americans of their health insurance and Medicaid coverage and dramatically increase our monthly premiums. Just when you thought we had actually…

The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason.

We must never forget those great words: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

Since then, churches and other c(3)'s have had to decide whether or not to directly violate the law and risk potentially losing their tax status altogether...

But it's up to them. We agree under the First Amendment, they define their religion any way they want.

Otherwise, the rug is being pulled out from under them.

Ten years ago, I was proud to lead the effort here in the House and we teamed up with Senator Kennedy on the Senate side to create the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

I get complaints on a daily basis pretty much from my constituents who feel like the whole system is a scam.

Do we need to create an ombudsperson, somebody who is just a champion of the students and the graduates to make sure that they are not getting ripped off?