Jim Cooper actually said...

If the Johnson amendment were to be repealed, as some are suggesting, 501(c)(3) tax exempt entities and their contributors would apparently ...

Under current law, churches and other houses of worship can speak freely and engage in partisan political activity.

Congress has examined this issue before, and ultimately decided to rescind the tax deductibility of political contributions.

Your church has never been questioned in America about whether someone was qualified to be President of the United States. Mine was.