Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, again, for his long leadership on this very important subject of protecting life and protecting conscience. He mentioned something about the government deciding what is or is not a sincerely held belief. It has been long established, Mr. Speaker, that that is up to the religious adherent-to-be, making that decision, not the government, not the government to interpose itself and tell an individual what is a sincerely held belief for the individual. That is a fundamental freedom that the individual has. I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa), who also has concerns about what is at stake. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Rothfus. Also, I appreciate following somebody like the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who has been a tremendous leader on life and on the individual liberties that we are guaranteed and that, indeed, were the cornerstones of the founding of this country and are our religious rights. So I am glad to be able to support Mr. Rothfus today in this Special Order about our First Amendment to the Constitution. We know that next Wednesday, it appears the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the Little Sisters of the Poor in the consolidated cases of Zubik v. Burwell. Now, why is it we are even having to do this?…”