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Peter Roskam: Now, Ms. Martinek, as we are listening and we hear about these First Amendment rights of yours, cumulatively, that have…

On the recordJune 3, 2013
Now, Ms. Martinek, as we are listening and we hear about these First Amendment rights of yours, cumulatively, that have been trampled, there is something particularly egregious, I think, about the first of our first freedoms--that is, our freedom to worship, our freedom to avoid government compulsion as it relates to matters of faith.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam defends First Amendment rights, particularly freedom of worship.

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