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Louie Gohmert: One of the Justices appeared to point out, apparently, that an agency is the one that established so many of these…

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
One of the Justices appeared to point out, apparently, that an agency is the one that established so many of these things. So the question arises, since an agency can say your insurance policy must provide this medicine, this medicine, not this medicine, this medicine, have we given unelected bureaucrats the power to determine what your religious beliefs firmly held include? Because under ObamaCare, an agency says: Your religious rights must yield to our unelected bureaucratic decision that this medication must be included; therefore, your First Amendment rights yield to our unelected bureaucratic agency rights to decide what your religious rights have to include and what they don't.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Mar 25, 2014

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