Gerry Connolly actually said...

"I'm a Roman Catholic. I studied for the priesthood too, Mr. Hice, and my church is protected by this amendment."

"I also come from Massachusetts where John Adams enshrined that concept into the first Constitution of Massachusetts."

"I'm sure the title of this hearing, Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech, didn't mean to exclude my Hindu colleague next to me or my Jewish colleague in front of me, Mr. Raskin, I'm sure it was j..."

"Mr. Madison, for example, took on a lot of unpopular religious causes to fight for the religious freedom of Anabaptists."